WHAT ARE MY EBENEZERS?

I Samuel 7: 12

“Then Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen and called its name Ebenezer; for he said, ‘Till now the Lord has helped us.”

One of my favorite Brian Mclaren songs we used to sing at the Fellowhip is, “I’ve seen the Lord come through, time and time, and time again.”  It highlights several Bible stories of how God always comes to the defense of his people.  I also know that I have experienced God’s help in many ways in my life; some simple and almost insignificant; some mighty and always

transformational.   But, being human, when the fire is out and the battle is done, I tend to forget and go on, wrapped up in the details, and the mundane activities that make up my life on a daily basis. 

God warned his people of this tendency to forget in Deuteronomy 8. “Take care lest you forget the Lord your God by not keeping his commandments and his rules and his statutes, which I command you today, lest, when you have eaten and are full and have built good houses and live in them, and when your herds and flocks multiply and your silver and gold is multiplied and all that you have is multiplied, then your heart be lifted up, and you forget the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery…”

God is continually working in the lives of his people.  We walk through much of our lives thinking we are doing ok, totally unaware of the care God is giving to the details and flow of our lives.  It usually takes something drastic  happening to realize God…either to blame him for our circumstances or hopefully to repent of the neglect and turn to him for guidance and assistance.  But then, usually the pattern of forgetfulness begins again. 

We need to remember God; in the good times as well as the difficult times.

Samuel watched as God came to Israel’s defense and conquered those doing battle with them.  He placed a stone at the site, a stone of remembrance.  Whenever he or anyone else in Israel looked at that stone they would think back to when they saw God come through, time and time and time again; and they would be grateful and give thanks to God for his love and his care.

Query:  What are my Ebenezer’s?