Oh, Oops, I Forgot

 

For you have forgotten

  the God of your salvation

and have not remembered

     the Rock of your refuge....

              Isaiah 17. 10

And then we wonder 

   why things seem so very wrong.

In the Hebrew, forgotten

  does not mean

     Oh, oops, I forgot,

but ceasing to care, to leave,

to cause to forget because

  we are unmindful, distracted

    and just not listening to Him. 

It is not just a matter of 

       acknowledging Him,

  but placing ourselves before Him.

If we do not worship God,

   lesser gods take His rightful place,

and many such things  

      clamor to do that,

vying for our attention

and falsely promising us 

what only God Almighty can do.

O LORD,

You have given each of us

a chronicle of Your faithfulness.

Help us not just to forget

         what You have done,

but who You are, the Almighty God.

Guide us back to You.

Draw us to You.

And help us to be intentional

   about keeping You

   as Lord of our lives.

Because life is never the same

         without You.

In one way and another today,

  help us to keep our eyes,

our thoughts, our attention,

               on You.

And empower us to see

     the difference You make

in how we respond

  to circumstances

            and to each other.