The Daily Ricky

FORGOT



The wicked shall be turned into hell, And all the nations that forget God. – Psalm 9:17


One of my chief lines as a child caught in disobedience was “I forgot”. Often it was just that. Some commit crimes of passion and I committed a crime of excitement. You might say I got so caught up in the moment that I forgot I was suppose to be, sitting, being quiet or not in participation. My parents told me that my memory was going to get me in trouble which it has.

I’m not alone. One of the chief weaknesses of God’s people is a mind and heart of forgetfulness. We are admonished in scripture not to forget.



Bless the Lord, O my soul, And forget not all His benefits: - Psalm 103:2



Here is a great admonition. Lost people and sinners saved by grace do forget God. They go about living their lives like He isn’t interested in them or their sinful ways. This mindset is wrong. Jesus is proof.



But Zion said, "The Lord has forsaken me, And my Lord has forgotten me." 15 "Can a woman forget her nursing child, And not have compassion on the son of her womb? Surely they may forget, Yet I will not forget you. 16 See, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; Your walls are continually before Me. – Isaiah 49:14-16 NKJV



What we know of God is that he does not forget his chosen. He has chosen not too but there are other things God has chosen not to remember. He has chosen not to remember sins that have been forgiven.



No more shall every man teach his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, 'Know the Lord,' for they all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says the Lord. For I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more." – Jeremiah 31:34 KJV



Isn’t it wonderful that he can chose to forget our sins even when we have often chosen to forgotten him and his commandments. He forgives and chooses not to remember.



We forget a blessing when we forget to ask of God and spend time alone with Him. Your Father waits.



Grace and Peace and Joy to you all be multiplied,


Bill