Remember

It seems as I get older my memory is fading.  I have a hard time remembering people's names or remembering events that happened in my younger years.

There are certain events that seem to stick out to me though and I am glad because they were good times.  I remember our family taking a trip to northern Minnesota and stopping at lake Itasca where the Mississippi river begins and the girls walking across the great Mississippi river.

I also remember being Baptized in Jesus name at the age of seven.  I remember receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost at the age of 10.  These are memories that are sketched in my mind.

Joshua, by the direction of God, told twelve Israelite's to go down into the Jordan river where the priests were standing to get 12 stones.

Joshua 4

1 Now when all the nation had finished crossing the Jordan, the Lord spoke to Joshua, saying,
2 “Take for yourselves twelve men from the people, one man from each tribe,
3 and command them, saying, ‘Take up for yourselves twelve stones from here out of the middle of the Jordan, from the place where the priests’ feet are standing firm, and carry them over with you and lay them down in the lodging place where you will lodge tonight.’”
4 So Joshua called the twelve men whom he had appointed from the sons of Israel, one man from each tribe;
5 and Joshua said to them, “Cross again to the ark of the Lord your God into the middle of the Jordan, and each of you take up a stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Israel.
6 “Let this be a sign among you, so that when your children ask later, saying, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’
7 then you shall say to them, ‘Because the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the Lord; when it crossed the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off.’ So these stones shall become a memorial to the sons of Israel forever.”

These stones were to be a memorial to what God had done for the children of Israel.  How that He brought then into the promised land.

When we are about to face the battles that will give us land that is promised to us, we need to remember two things.

1.  We need to remember what God has done for us in our past.

2.  We need to remember whose we are.

God has been good to us, because we are His children.

Thank you Lord for loving us.  Thank you Lord for giving us victories in our lives.  Help me never to forget that I am your child and because I am your child, you have your hand on me and are protecting me.  I trust you Lord.