God Will Not Forget Us

-November 29, 2021-

Good morning, happy Monday,

“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.”

(Isaiah 49:15-16).

What led to these beautiful and precious words that God spoke to His people Israel? Isaiah 49:14 gives the answer, “But Zion said, ‘The Lord has forsaken me, and the Lord has forgotten Me.” We also read of God’s message to them in Isaiah 40:27, “Why do you say, O Jacob, and speak O Israel: “My way is hidden from the Lord, and my just claim is passed over by my God?’” We often blame Israel for this spirit of doubt, but do we not sometimes feel that same way that God has somehow forgotten us especially when we pass through fiery, painful trials or times of chastisement?

It is in this context that the Lord stirs their minds by way of remembrance. Did He ever leave them or forsake them? No, He didn’t. Did He ever forget them? No, not at all. Did He not say to Joshua, “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go” (Joshua 1:9). God did it forget them when they were in Egypt for 430 years nor at the Red Sea when Pharaoh and his mighty army pursued them. He delivered them by His mighty power. He also brought them back to their land after the seventy year Babylonian captivity. There were so many times in Scripture that God delivered His people from their strong enemies.

The Lord uses a precious example of a nursing mother. Can she ever forget her child, she could as unlikely as that may be, but He will never forget them. As great as a mother’s love is, it can’t compare to His love for us. We must never forget His great and precious promises to us, no matter what we are going through. Peter wrote in 2 Peter 1:4, “By which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.”

The Lord tells us, “See, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; your walls are continually before Me.” We are in God’s mind, under His care, in His heart, and under His wings. He has each one of us written in the Lamb’s Book of life and inscribed on the palms of His hands. He will never forget us though we may at times forget Him. God always remembers us and His promises to us. Oh, how much He loves us! What a great reminder to us today!

Have a blessed day remembering God’s love, faithfulness, and promises. He will never forget us, nor will He leave us or forsake us. Stay safe and healthy.

In His grace,

Dean