He is always saying throughout the Word, “I AM the LORD your God” and I hear His heart crying
out, “Remember that I AM YOUR God, Cori, and I HAVE come through for you and
WILL continue to!”
Throughout the Old Testament people would build altars as a visual reminder of how He had come through for them, they would look back in remembrance of battles fought, and see unique traces of how He had never left their side. You could physically mark a trail of faithfulness behind the people of Israel and see how God revealed Himself in new ways as they cried out, “You are my Provider!” and “You are a God Who Sees Me!”
I easily forget the LORD’s faithfulness in my
life. I often focus on the unknowns of the season I am in and often I feel like
a ship lost at sea. But then, doesn't He bring me into these places, a ship
lost in inky darkness of the dangerous storm, so that I may cry out, “God,
where are you!?” What is His response other than to arise, rebuke my fears and say, “Cori, where is your trust? Don’t you
know, can’t you look back over your life and see that I AM faithful?!”
The exciting thing is
there are still storms, a storm is never the same, and the way He has you
weather the storm never looks the same. You can know that He will never have
you set in the dock because, “It is just too dangerous”. Oh, He is much too
adventurous for that!
When we are tossing in the wildest storm it is the memory of
God’s enabling strength that sustains our hearts. In times of smooth gliding in
calm waters it is the remembrance of the wildest storms that protects us.
We take communion in remembrance of Him: The Bread of Life who
gave of Himself that we might be full, The Fount of Living Waters who poured
out Himself so that our thirst would be satisfied … what is the promise with
this altar?
I AM coming back! Be ready. Be watching. Because in reality...
our adventures have only just begun!
