Remembering the Forgotten.

Psalm 115 vs 12 says The Lord has been mindful of us; He will bless us; He will bless the house of Israel ; He will bless the house of Aaron.

It is a terrible thing to be forgotten. Proverbs 13 vs 12 says when hope is deferred the heart becomes sick .To be forgotten is like hope been deferred . When a man or woman is forgotten his or her destiny is put on hold. Jeremiah 29 vs 11 says for I know the plans that I have for you , says the Lord. “plans to prosper you and not to harm you ,plans to give you hope and a future. When an individual is forgotten every plans and agenda is suspended. For example God had big plans for Solomon .Before the birth of Solomon , God  sent Nathan to inform David of His plan to make Solomon king and establish his throne forever - 2 Samuel 7 vs 5-16. When the time came for David to choose his successor , He forgot all the prophet said about Solomon. Meanwhile Adonijah was making preparations to make himself king and this was brought to David's attention , instead of rebuking him , he kept quiet because the young man was good looking -1 Kings 1 vs 5-6 .Although the king kept quiet, the Lord did not . He inspired Nathan to speak to Bathsheba. By the time we get to 1 Kings 1 vs 28-40 , David had remembered Solomon and made him king.

In Mark 5 vs 1-20 is the story of the demoniac in Gadara . He was born to be a great evangelist but unclean spirits possessed him and put his destiny on hold. This demons made sure he lived among the dead (in the tomb). Proverbs 14 vs 20 says the poor is hated by his neighbor but the rich has many friends. If the poor is hated by his neighbor how much more a mad man who resides in the tomb. Proverbs 19 vs 4 says wealth brings many friends , but a poor man's friend deserts him. If the friends of the poor desert and forget about him , how much more a demonic man who cuts himself and cry day and night . The man was totally forgotten but the Most High remembered him and paid him a visit. All demons disturbing were sent out and this man started witnessing for Jesus. By the time we get to Mark 5 vs 20-21 , he had already won a whole nation for Jesus.

When a man is forgotten , his blessings and breakthrough are withheld . In 2 Samuel 9 vs 1-9, Mephibosheth the son of Jonathan,grand son of King Saul was stripped of all his belonging and Saul's estate. Mephibosheth was a prince and the only place you find princes are in palaces not a small house in Lo Debar. A prince sits at the King's table to eat with the king and other princes but Mephibosheth was eating lone in small hut . Whether a prince is lame or fit , when he wants to travel he uses royal chariots but people had to carry this prince .The Lord remembered this young prince and nudged the heart of the king. David suddenly felt a need to show kindness to the house of Saul and began to inquire if any one was left so that he could show kindness to him or her. As the Lord will have it , Mephibosheth was the only one left and David restored all that belonged to him .He began to sit and dine with the king of Israel .

The Lord told Abram that He was going to give his descendant the land of Canaan as an everlasting possession in Genesis 17 vs 1. This promise did not materialize until the Lord remembered the great grand children of Abraham in Exodus 2 vs 24 . The children of Israel were stuck in Egypt for four hundred and thirty years because they were forgotten . The Most High remembered them and He raised up Moses who led them out of Egypt and Joshua who took them to Canaan -the land flowing with milk and honey.

When a man is forgotten , he experiences stagnancy in all areas of his life. After Joseph had interpreted the dreams of the king's butler and baker in Genesis 40 vs 1-23 , he expected the butler to put a word for him in the presence of the King as agreed but the man forgot . Because the man forgot , Joseph remained in the prison for another two years . Throughout the two years , he did not make any progress ,even the bible had nothing to record about him because all he achieved in those years was zero . The Lord remembered him and caused Pharaoh to have a dream in Genesis 41 vs 1-40 . Pharaoh told his dreams to the palace officials and the butler remembered Joseph . The butler told the King about Joseph and he was asked to come and interpret the king's dream.  He interpreted the dream and from that day , Joseph never returned to the prison again.

When a man or woman is forgotten , if care is not taken he or she might miss the day of his or her breakthrough. The Lord told Prophet Samuel in 1 Samuel 16 vs 1-13 to fill his horn with oil and go to the house of Jesse to anoint one of his sons . When he got there , he asked to see the sons of Jesse and Jesse brought out his sons but forgot  David who was busy with the sheep in the field. It was until the Lord told Samuel that He had not chosen any of the seven that Samuel asked if there were other children before Jesse remembered his last born in the field . Imagine David missing the day he was meant to be made the number one citizen in the land of Israel. I pray that you will not miss the day of your breakthrough in the name of Jesus.

It is almost impossible for one who is forgotten to become fruitful . The Lord expects his children to be fruitful . The first blessing He gave man in the garden of Eden is to be fruitful and multiply – Genesis 1 vs 18 . The Second promised he gave to Abram in Genesis 12 vs 2 was to make him a great nation – make him fruitful. An individual who is forgotten might find it hard or impossible to be fruitful . Genesis 29 vs 31 says when the Lord saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was barren . While everyone around Rachel were becoming fruitful , Rachel was barren . The Lord remembered Rachel in Genesis 30 vs 32 and she became fruitful and gave birth to Joseph. Hannah saw hell in the hands of her rival – Peninnah because the Lord had forgotten her . In 1 Samuel 1 vs 6 , Peninnah took it upon herself to torment Hannah because she was barren but by the time the Lord remembered her , she became a mother of six – four boys and two girls , 1 Samuel 2 vs 21 .

When a man is forgotten , he will continue to face the same challenge again and again. This was the case of the man at the pool of Bethesda for thirty-eight years – John 5 vs 1-16 . The man's biggest problem was getting someone to put him into the pool when the water is stirred up by an angel. This man remained sick and in the same state for several years because there was no one to put him in the pool but the Lord remembered him and visited him. Before Jesus left the pool of Bethesda , his challenge was dealt with once and for all . The man never had the need to lie by the pool again.

When a man is forgotten , mercy is withdrawn from him. Lamentations 3 vs 22 says through the Lord's mercies we are not consumed, because of his compassions fail not. Jesus was approaching Jericho in Luke 18 vs 35 -43 when a blind man began to shout “ Son of David , have mercy on me !” . This man's life was devoid of mercy . While he was crying to Jesus , people began to tell him to be quiet . The people that were meant to help started telling him to shut up and keep quiet . No one around him was willing to show him mercy . Jesus remembered him and asked him to be brought over. Jesus spoke the word and he began to see .

Many are going through a challenge or two and are wondering if the Lord has forgotten us. We have prayed and fasted , sown seeds , attended night vigils and nothing seems to happen. Some of us are now at the stage when we begin to ask if the Lord actually cares The Lord has not forgotten you. Isaiah 49 vs 15-16 says 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. See, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; your walls are continually before me. Deuteronomy 7 vs 9 says therefore know that the Lord your God , He is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and mercy for a thousand generations with those who love Him and keep His commandments. Job 23 vs 13 says but He is unique , and who can make Him change ? And whatever His soul desires , that He does . Job 36 vs 7 says He does not withdraw His eyes from the righteous. The Lord has not forgotten you .

The reason why we are yet to break through or get our blessings could be the timing. God has a time and schedule for everything. Ecclesiastes 3 vs 1 says to everything there is a season . There is an appointed time for your blessings . Habakkuk 2 vs 3 says for the vision is yet for an appointed time , but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry , wait for it, because it will sure come, it will not tarry. In John 9 vs 1-12 , we see the disciples of Jesus asking Him whose sin it was that caused a man to be born blind and Jesus replied them that neither this man nor his parents sinned, but that the works of God should be revealed in him. There was an appointed time for this man's miracle. When the time came , Jesus walked by and he got his sight .

Another reason for unanswered prayers could be because we have stopped crying to God . Some of us are now fed up of crying to God , we have now accepted fate . We are  now comfortable with the challenges that we no longer cry to God for help . Although the children of Israel had over stayed their visit in Egypt the Lord did not fight on their behalf until they started to cry out for help . Whilst they were quiet the Lord held His peace but immediately they began to cry He remembered them- Exodus 2 vs 24 . If they had not cried , they probably will be there for another two hundred years. Are you now so comfortable in your place of work or ministry that you no longer cry to God for help ? Sir /Ma it is very dangerous.

Another reason could be the Lord has decided to forget about us . There are many who the Lord has purposely forgotten because they have forgotten to redeem their pledges , vows,e.t.c. Many have made promises to Him and forgotten . We told him that if only if He will deal with a particular challenge , we will give an offering , we will buy something for the church ,some said they will join the choir,others promised to serve Him for the rest of  their life , some even promised to live a life holiness but after He did it we forgot about the promises and pledges . Psalm 18 vs 24 says therefore the Lord has recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in His sight. Psalm 18 vs 25-26 says with the merciful , He shew Himself merciful , with the blameless ,He shew Himself blameless , with the Pure, He shew Himself pure and with the devious , He shew Himself shrewd. If the Lord shows himself shrewd, with the devious what of those who have forgotten Him or their promises to Him ?

Proverbs 8 vs 17 says I love those who love Me , the Lord said in 1 Samuel 2 vs 30 , those who honor Me will I honor. Some have forgotten about our first love . We no longer yearn for the presence of God . Heaven and hell are no longer preached .The Lord wants us to know about heaven and hell . Many of us have forgotten to be grateful to Him , we complain about what He is yet to do and we forget about His mercies and what He has already done . One thing we all forget is that only the living has challenges , the dead In the grave has no challenges . If you having challenges just thank Him for the gift of life. Only the living fails an exam , the dead do not write exams .

Sin is leads to a shut heaven . At times things do not work out because of our disobedience to the Most High God. Psalm 66 vs 18 says if I regard iniquity in my heart , the Lord will not hear me . Romans 6 vs 1 says what shall we say then? Shall we continue In sin that grace may abound ?

The bible said in Romans 3 vs 23 that for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. Romans 6 s 23 says For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. The gift was explained in John 3 vs 16 , For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten son that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. What shall we do to be save ? The bible says in Romans 10vs 9 that if you confess with your mouth , Jesus is Lord , and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. Romans 10 vs 10 – For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with our mouth that you confess and are saved.

Pray this prayer from your heart today!

Dear Jesus , I believe that You died for me and rose again on the third day. I confess I am a sinner. I need your love and forgiveness. Come into my heart . Forgive my sins. I receive Your eternal life. Confirm You love by giving me peace, joy and supernatural love for others, Amen.

Welcome to Christ brethren, Please join a bible believing church.

Samuel Oluwatoki

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