Remembering the Goodness of God
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Monday, January 26, 2026
Remembering the Faithfulness of God
Scriptures:
As we enter a new week I want to invite you for a moment to remember what God brought you through in the past. Where He has provided, protected, corrected, or sustained you. Faith does not erase memory; it redeems it. What God has already done becomes evidence that He is still at work as we move forward into 2026 remembering and standing on the faith of our fathers. Truly God is faithful irrespective of what we maybe going through.
The psalmist writes from a place of inner struggle, surrounded by unanswered questions and emotional darkness. Instead of surrendering to despair, he makes a deliberate choice: “I will remember the deeds of the LORD; yes, I will remember your miracles of long ago” (Psalm 77:11–14). This remembrance is intentional. The Hebrew verb zākar (זָכַר) does not describe passive recall but active, purposeful remembrance that reshapes the heart. Memory becomes a spiritual discipline. When circumstances confuse the present, remembering God’s work clarifies trust.
The psalmist emphasizes this more when he urges, “Praise the LORD, my soul, and forget not all his benefits” (Psalm 103:2). This show how important rememberance is to our faith. Forgetfulness weakens gratitude; remembrance renews worship. Praise flows naturally when memory is alive. Faith and endurance begins with gratitude rooted in remembrance.
When Israel crossed the Jordan into the Promised Land, instructed by God, Joshua did something unexpected. Before the people settled, before they built homes or celebrated victory, he commanded that twelve stones be taken from the riverbed and set up as a memorial. “In the future,” he said, “when your children ask, ‘What do these stones mean?’ you are to tell them what the LORD has done.”
Early Christian teachers understood this well. Irenaeus taught that recalling God’s saving acts anchors believers against fear and false teaching by rooting faith in what God has already revealed.¹ Memory guards faith from distortion. Alister McGrath notes that Christian faith is sustained by remembering God’s acts in history, especially when present circumstances feel uncertain.² Memory steadies belief when vision is clouded.
Moses speaks to Israel on the edge of the Promised Land: “Remember how the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness” (Deuteronomy 8:2). The wilderness was not wasted time; it was formative ground. Hunger, testing, and delay were tools of instruction. Remembering reframes difficulty as training rather than abandonment. Faith matures when it interprets past trials through the lens of God’s faithfulness.
Gordon D. Fee therefore observes that remembering God’s work in Christ and through the Spirit renews confidence and guards believers from despair during seasons of waiting.³ Memory becomes an anchor for hope and may it be your anchor this week and beyond as you remember what the Lord has done.
Prayer
Faithful God, we thank You for Your mighty works in times past and in our lives. Help us to remember Your faithfulness clearly and gratefully. Where fear or uncertainty clouds our vision, bring to mind Your past mercies and guiding hand. Strengthen our faith as we recall what You have done, and prepare us to walk confidently into what You are yet to do. Amen.
Endnotes
Irenaeus, Against Heresies, Book III (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1994), pp. 420–422.
Alister E. McGrath, Christian Theology: An Introduction (Oxford: Blackwell, 2011), pp. 22–24.
Gordon D. Fee, God’s Empowering Presence (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1994), pp. 902–904.
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