Remembering God
It’s Thanksgiving. Every commercial, billboard, and ad in the mail is assuming you are super-excited about the holidays and making great plans with your family.
But what if you aren’t? What if you are struggling with something you can’t just shake off, whether it’s something happening right now or memories of past times?
One of the biggest traps around all the hype of the holidays is focusing on the things that are not how we want or need them to be. In our attention to missing loved ones, sickness, or financial needs, we forget what we do have.
We have a God. Not just a name we invoke before we feast on turkey and pie or an entity we hope will eventually one day make things a little more tolerable.
We have GOD –
A King who takes care of His subjects.
A Savior who left Heaven to come to where we are to makes things better now.
A Master who offers all of Himself to those who give all to Him.
A Creator who knows the end from the beginning, and who promised not to leave in the middle.
A Provider who said, Seek Me first, and then everything you need will be added to you.
A Father who knows what it feels like to be separated from His children, by death and by rejection.
A Healer who knows excruciating pain.
Today, I encourage you, whether you are anticipating or dreading the holiday season – remember God. Make it clear your worship and loyalty to Him isn’t dependent on your circumstances, good or bad.
If you’re thankful, tell Him all the reasons why. If you’re hurting, move closer to Him, rather than away. Let Him know you haven’t forgotten who He is and has promised to be to His people. I promise it will make a difference.
“My soul is downcast within me; therefore I will remember You…” (Psalm 42:6).
But what if you aren’t? What if you are struggling with something you can’t just shake off, whether it’s something happening right now or memories of past times?
One of the biggest traps around all the hype of the holidays is focusing on the things that are not how we want or need them to be. In our attention to missing loved ones, sickness, or financial needs, we forget what we do have.
We have a God. Not just a name we invoke before we feast on turkey and pie or an entity we hope will eventually one day make things a little more tolerable.
We have GOD –
A King who takes care of His subjects.
A Savior who left Heaven to come to where we are to makes things better now.
A Master who offers all of Himself to those who give all to Him.
A Creator who knows the end from the beginning, and who promised not to leave in the middle.
A Provider who said, Seek Me first, and then everything you need will be added to you.
A Father who knows what it feels like to be separated from His children, by death and by rejection.
A Healer who knows excruciating pain.
Today, I encourage you, whether you are anticipating or dreading the holiday season – remember God. Make it clear your worship and loyalty to Him isn’t dependent on your circumstances, good or bad.
If you’re thankful, tell Him all the reasons why. If you’re hurting, move closer to Him, rather than away. Let Him know you haven’t forgotten who He is and has promised to be to His people. I promise it will make a difference.
“My soul is downcast within me; therefore I will remember You…” (Psalm 42:6).
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