WELS: Today's Devotion - Remember. Remember. Remember. – March 5, 2017

View this email in your browser Remember. Remember. Remember. – March 5, 2017 Then we cried out to the LORD, the God of our fathers, and the LORD heard our voice and saw our misery, toil and oppression. So the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, with great terror and with miraculous signs and wonders. Deuteronomy 26:7-8 Remember. Remember. Remember. Daily Devotion – March 5, 2017 Devotion based on Deuteronomy 26:7-8 See series: Devotions It’s not a good idea to “live in the past.” Living in the past can cripple us as we try to move into the future. But a proper look to the past can be quite valuable. Today's Bible reading goes back to the time that God was leading his people out of Egypt to the land he had promised them. When they got settled in the land, God instructed the people to bring an offering to the tabernacle, and speak some words of remembrance–words that recalled how God brought them out of slavery in Egypt and to the Promised Land. Why were they to speak these words of remembrance? Because as they remembered the great things which God had done for them in the past, they would be filled with confidence for the future, for the God who had rescued them in the past would certainly walk with them into their future. The look back would keep them humble–God had rescued them; they had not rescued themselves. The look back would be empowering–on their side they had the Almighty God, the One who’d loved them enough to rescue them. And what’s true for them is true for you, too. You have a God who has rescued you! God has fully accomplished your salvation. He sent his Son, Jesus who died on the cross to rescue you from the guilt and condemnation for your sins. Through Jesus, God is on your side! He loves you, and will keep on walking with you day-by-day. This is good news to always remember, remember, remember! Prayer: O Savior, forgive me for so quickly forgetting. Remind me that you’ve rescued me, so that I might be filled with confidence, and might humbly and joyously move into the future, with you at my side. Amen. This devotion was selected from the Daily Devotion archive. Daily Devotions are brought to you by WELS and www.WhatAboutJesus.com. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. Print Friendly Share Tweet Devotions | Subscription Help   Copyright © 2017 Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in at our website or subscribed to one of our newsletters. Unsubscribe  - CHANGE EMAIL SETTINGS Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod N16W23377 Stone Ridge Drive Waukesha, WI 53188 Add us to your address book Note: Recipients of this forwarded e-mail will be able to access your subscription preferences.