Deuteronomy 7:18 “You shall not be afraid of them, but you shall remember well what the LORD your God did to Pharaoh and to all Egypt:”
As Moses prepares God’s people to go into the Promised Land and face 7 nations that are greater than they are (Deut. 7:1 When the LORD your God brings you into the land which you go to possess, and has cast out many nations before you, the Hittites and the Girgashites and the Amorites and the Canaanites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than you.) Moses reminds them that God loves them and He is the one going before them to bring about victories. Moses knows there is a very real possibility of God’s people becoming fearful as they face their enemies, so he addresses the issue by telling them to remember well what God did in Egypt to Pharoah.
By considering God’s past performance they would have confidence as they faced new battles.
Remember well. These two words are reminders to us of the action we need to take as we face new challenges. Now to remember well we need to evaluate our experiences with God and keep a record of His mighty work. This idea of evaluating our experiences is seen with David as he prepares to fight Goliath. He was being questioned as to how he thought he could take on a giant of a man. David told them that he had been helped by God to kill a bear and kill a lion who had attacked his sheep. Knowing that God had helped him in the past he knew God would help him as he faced Goliath. He was remembering well.
Are you remembering well what God has done for you as you face new challenges? Are you diligent in keeping a type of journal to record the works of God and the blessings of God? Are you intentional in evaluating your experiences? I encourage you to write down your prayer requests and then the answers to the prayer requests. I encourage you to occasionally review how God worked, and/or guided, and/or provided. Remembering well what He did in the past is going to give you confidence to attempt to do more for Him in the future.
Pause to remember well something God did this past week; this past year; 10 years ago. remember well the past work of God to give you confidence as you do the work of God today.
Continue Strong Remembering Well,
And remember to DATE the Word