Have you ever noticed how quickly one new problem can make you forget everything God has already brought you through?

An unexpected sad news on the phone.
A disappointing doctor's appointment.
A rejected job application.
Something you really prayed for but it didn’t go your way.

Within moments, it can feel like your whole world has changed.

You start wondering how everything is going to work out. You question whether God is listening. You struggle to see a way forward.

Yet if someone had asked you the day before whether God had been faithful in your life, you probably would have said a big yes.

So what changed?

God surely didn’t change. Your focus did.

One new problem became so loud that it drowned out every reminder of His faithfulness in your life.

If you've ever felt that way, you're not alone.

One of the things that surprises me most when I read the Bible is how often God tells His people to remember.

After God brought the Israelites through the Red Sea, rescued them from Egypt, and provided for them in the wilderness, it didn't take long before they started complaining again.

When there was no water, they questioned whether God was with them. When they were hungry, they talked about going back to Egypt.

It almost makes you wonder, "Did they forget everything God had just done?"

In many ways, they did.

Not because they had lost their memory, but because their current problem became bigger in their minds than God's past faithfulness.

It's easy to wonder how they could forget so quickly. Until we realise we often do exactly the same thing.

One unexpected bill can make us forget every time God has provided before. One difficult season can make us forget every prayer He has already answered. One closed door can make us wonder whether He is still with us.

One of the most surprising moments in the Gospels happens in Mark 8.

Jesus had just fed four thousand people with only a few loaves of bread. Not long before that, He had fed five thousand with five loaves and two fish.

The disciples had seen both miracles with their own eyes. Then they got into a boat and realised they had forgotten to bring enough bread.

Instead of remembering what Jesus had already done, they started worrying about what they didn't have.

Jesus looked at them and asked in Mark 8:18: "Do you have eyes but fail to see, and ears but fail to hear? And don't you remember?"

That question wasn't really about bread.

The disciples had enough evidence to believe Jesus would provide again. They had simply forgotten it.

I wonder how often we do the same today.

When David faced Goliath, he did something remarkable.

He didn't focus on the giant first.

He remembered the lion. He remembered the bear. He remembered all the times God had already helped him.

Then he said in 1 Samuel 17:37: "The Lord who rescued me from the paw of the lion and the paw of the bear will rescue me from the hand of this Philistine."

David wasn't building his confidence just by thinking positively. He was building it on God's track record.

He knew that the God who had been faithful before would still be faithful now.

That is something we all need to learn to do in the face of adversity.

The next time a problem comes, don't just ask, "God, where are you?" Also ask, "Where have I already seen God be faithful?"

Sometimes the most powerful thing you can do is to stop looking at the size of today's problem and remember the size of your God.

There is a reason God repeatedly told the Israelites to remember.

Because as humans, we have a habit of forgetting.

After crossing the Jordan River, God told Joshua to take twelve stones from the river and build a memorial.

Why?

So that years later, when their children asked what those stones meant, they could tell the story of God's faithfulness.

Most of us don't build memorials anymore. But we can build reminders.

Write down answered prayers.
Keep a journal of the things God has brought you through.
When He provides, don't just say thank You and move on. Write it down if you have to, so you can remember it later.
Talk about His faithfulness with your family and friends.

The next time something happens and you think God won't come through, you'll have something to fight that thought with.

Your own personal evidence of His faithfulness.

One of the greatest gifts God has given us is the ability to remember things. Not so we can live in the past, but so we can trust Him with the future.

Every answered prayer. Every door He opened. Every difficult season He carried you through. Every time He provided when you thought there was no way.

He created those moments to help build your faith for today.

And if you ever struggle to remember what God has done in your life, just look at the cross.

The cross is God's permanent reminder that His love does not change when your circumstances do.

Romans 8:32 says: "He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all, how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?"

If God was faithful enough to give you Jesus, He has not stopped being faithful now.

So the next time your fears become louder than your faith, pause for a moment.

Remember.

The God who carried you yesterday has not changed.

And He won't start now.

✝ Kingdom Mantra

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