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Therefore remember that you, once Gentiles in the flesh—who are called Uncircumcision by what is called the Circumcision made in the flesh by hands— that at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
Ephesians 2:11‭-‬12 NKJV

Most times,as believers we tend to forget how good God has been to us,we often forget all He has done for us and the numerous things He has saved us from. It’s kind of human nature to naturally forget the good one has done if the same person who did the good later does something we regard as wrong or maybe the person does not come to our aid again when another issue arises,but this is so wrong.

When God tells us to remember, it is not a suggestion, it is rather a command.

Let’s not be quick to forget,verse 13 goes further to tell us that:

Yet look at you now! Everything is new! Although you were once distant and far away from God, now you have been brought delightfully close to him through the sacred blood of Jesus—you have actually been united to Christ!
Ephesians 2:13 TPT

Do not forget,we were bought with a price,the blood of Jesus washed us clean and saved us from every of our sins,the blood of Jesus brought us close to God,the blood of Jesus made us to become joint-heirs with Christ(Rom.8:17), the blood of Jesus was the price that was paid for our freedom and our sonship. This in fact is the basis of our salvation. Glory to God!!

Another instance in the bible that we can find God saying the people should remember is found in Deuteronomy 5 verse 15

And remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God brought you out from there by a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm; therefore the Lord your God commanded you to keep the Sabbath day.
Deuteronomy 5:15 NKJV

Other scriptures are also found in Deuteronomy 8:2-18, Exodus 16:31-36. The Lord told the children of Israel to even remember some feasts like the passover feast and the feast of unleavened bread which is still remembered till today (Exodus 12:1-20)

It is not surprising that God often told the children of Israel to remember how He delivered them from Egypt, but it’s sad that they didn’t listen to Him,little wonder they always complained and majority didn’t make it to the promised land. They literally complained in all these scriptures and more: Exodus 5:1-22,Exodus 14:11-12,Exodus 15:22,Exodus 16:1-4 ,Exodus 17:1-4,Exodus 32:28,Numbers 12:1-12,Numbers 14:1-10,Numbers 16:41,Numbers 20:1-5.

When we forget to remember, we often complain and become ungrateful and it hinders us and others from being all who God has called us to be.

Because the Israelites forgot to remember how God delivered them from Egypt, they were always dissatisfied with their current situations, they never saw any good about their lives, they always complained and even Moses could not make it to the promised land,all because of this.

Please no matter what you are facing now,even if you feel God has not been good to you, please remember the fact that you are alive to read this,it means God still loves you and there is hope for you,remember:

There is hope for those who are still alive—it does not matter who they are. But this saying is true: A living dog is better than a dead lion.
Ecclesiastes 9:4 ERV

Is this not why even till date,we observe different feasts like Chrismas,Easter and the Holy communion as we were told to do in the scriptures :

and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, “Take, eat; this is My body which is broken for you; do this in remembrance of Me.” In the same manner He also took the cup after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood. This do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.”
I Corinthians 11:24‭-‬25 NKJV

Even Jesus knew we could often forget things we should ALWAYS REMEMBER.

My prayer for us today is that, oh!may we never forget ro remember how good God has been to us.

Thank you for joining us again today,

Till next time,

Don’t forget to remember ❤.

Below, I included a sermon I watched which triggered this post,please do watch it when you can👇👇