I was super challenged in my reading in Numbers today about God’s faithfulness, and our lack of trust. God had rescued His people from slavery, shown them miracles, parted the Red Sea, given them manna, and continued to lead them even through their grumbling and complaining. He finally got them to the Promised Land and they got scared and FORGOT about all the things God had done to get them to that very spot.

“The Lord said to Moses, ‘How long will this people spurn Me? And how long will they not believe in Me, despite all the signs which I have performed in their midst?'”      -Numbers 14:11

BOOM! Talk about conviction. This is us ALL THE TIME, isn’t it? God provided financially when we were really tight one month, He continues to guide our life, and ALWAYS gives grace when we mess up. So why is it that the obstacle in front of me always looks so much bigger than God? You wanna know why? Because we don’t KNOW what God has done for us. We need to FIX OUR EYES on God. On His goodness. On His faithfulness. We need to keep an ongoing list of His provisions, blessings, miracles. We forget the things He has done because we hardly acknowledge them in the first place. Yep, I said it. Oftentimes we don’t just forget about His provisions, but we never really saw them in the first place. We need to TRAIN our eyes to SEE what the Lord has done for us, and what He does for us each day.I don’t want His “mercies to lie forgotten in unthankfulness” as Charles Spurgeon said in his sermon, Remembering God’s Works.

Do I know what God has done for me? Where has He brought me from? What miracles has He performed in my life? How has He provided for me, guided me, protected me, loved me, encouraged me, FORGIVEN ME? I am challenging myself as much as you, to start a list. Write down everything the Lord has done for you and start training your heart in gratefulness. When you get an encouraging note in the mail, see it as God’s encouragement to YOU. When you get a raise, when your bill is smaller than expected, when somehow ends meet when they shouldn’t have logically met, thank Jesus! Write it down! Shout it in your home! Write it on the walls of your house! Speak it to your children. I want my children to grow up being able to recall what the Lord has done in their parent’s lives because we TALK ABOUT IT everyday. Yes, I want the most familiar and spoken words out of my mouth to be, “The Lord is good and His mercy endures forever! I can speak with confidence because He has proven it to be so in my life!”