Remember

"Only be careful, and watch yourselves so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them slip from your heart as long as you live." [Deuteronomy 4:9]

Years ago, I etched this verse onto the front of a journal in which I started writing down how I had seen God move and how He had shown Himself faithful in my life. During the last week, I was convicted to open this book and start this narrative once again.

I smiled as I read entries detailing how the Lord had worked together my trips to various places, opportunities to share with people He had led me to pray for, ways that the Lord had provided for me when I needed it. Entries like...

"I prayed that you would use my clinical day as you desired. You allowed me a chance to pray with and hold the hand of a man dying of cancer."

"You provided a second car for us through my parent's generosity."

"When the breaks on our car were not sufficient to stop on the ice at an intersection, you cleared the traffic and kept us safe from injury."

"After having a hard day at the place I am living, I went to a coffee shop in the middle of the twin cities only to see one of my good friends come in who had all the time in the world to just sit and chat."

As I read, I was reminded that God is living. I know that may seem like a "duh!" but sometimes, I live like He's not living and active in my life. I pour over the Bible with academic fervor to understand the meaning in the original Greek and yet I fail to see and acknowledge the work of God in my day-to-day life. I fail to live in relationship with Him.

Maybe, as the song says, it's time to "come back to the heart of worship" and see that it really is all about Him. You see, even though I know that, I don't KNOW that. I still think it has so much to do with me.

So, today, my dear Lord, help me remember. Help me remember the things my eyes have seen, that they may not slip from my heart as long as I live. Help me to remember your favor, your provision, your grace, your gifts, and your heart of love. Help me, Lord God, to think on you.