Last Sunday night at our Seneca Creek Family Fiesta (a.k.a. Annual Meeting) we heard a mash-up of stories from around Seneca Creek over the last year.

• There was the story of a high school student who discovered faith and life in Christ while facing her own struggles.
• There was the story of a mom sharing her faith with a friend struggling with addiction, and helping this friend become a follower of Jesus.
• There was the story of a special needs child being drawn into worship in powerful ways.
• There was the story of isolated, disconnected people finding genuine community in a diverse church family.

The stories could have gone on all night.  Here’s why they matter.

Because we’re all afflicted with amnesia.

We can forget faster than the weather can change.  And when we start forgetting God’s faithful work in and through us, we start to lose our faith.  I don’t mean we stop believing that there is a God.  I mean we stop believing that God is able to provide what is needed as we follow his plan for our life.

• We forget that God can provide the resources for a bold step of faith.
• We forget that God can provide the strength for a long and arduous task.
• We forget that God can provide the courage for a scary act of obedience.
• We forget that God can provide the encouragement during times of darkness.
• And we forget that God can lead others to a life of faith in Jesus through our words and actions.

I’m reminded of a scene in King David’s life, long before he was the king.  He was itching to fight Goliath and recapture the honor that rightfully belonged to God.  When King Saul asked him why he, a mere teenage boy, thought he could take on the might Goliath, Dave remembered.  He remembered how God had delivered him from every situation that had already occurred.  He was ready and willing to on the giant Goliath based solely on the faithfulness of God in his past.  Listen to how he says it:

The Lord who rescued me from the paw of the lion and the paw of the bear will rescue me from the hand of this Philistine.” Saul said to David, “Go, and the Lord be with you.” 1 Samuel 17:37

When we remember, then it’s easy to get up and walk out God’s calling for our lives.  So my encouragement to you is to take a few minutes today to remember God’s faithfulness to you.  And then, “Go, and the Lord be with you.”

-Pastor Mark