Reminders

Youtube has become a bit of a reality checker for me. I would like to think that I am strong and good at weightlifting, but all it takes is 10 minutes searching around on Youtube for me to be reminded that there are 13 year olds that are 4 weight classes below me that out-lift me. Point and case: CJ Cummings-

Reminders are good. They give us perspective and keep us grounded. One really cool reminder that I just learned of happens in 1 Samuel 21. David is on the run from Saul, and is tired and hungry from fleeing his pursuer. He comes across a priest, and asks for some bread. The priest, Ahimelech, tells David that the only bread he has left is the "bread of the presence." This bread was meant to be placed before the Lord as a reminder to Him of his everlasting covenant to fellowship with His people. On this day, however, the Lord used this bread as reminder to David.

How fitting is it that when David needed it the most, the Lord reminded him of His constant presence by providing David with sustenance through the bread of the presence. The Lord is intentional in all his ways, and likes to speak directly to our hearts, fears, and anxieties. In providing David with this specific bread, not only did he feed his immediate need (hunger) but provided him with a reminder that would feed his ongoing need- the need for David to trust Him in all things, especially turing this time of turmoil.

It would serve us well to be reminded of the many things we have to be thankful for- jobs, families, friends, houses, cars, clothes, food, joy, unneeded luxuries, many other things, but most of all our freedom from sin in Christ. He is the "bread of life" (John 6:36) who is our reminder of God's presence in our lives. He is our great High Priest, who's scars are laid before God moment by moment, reminding Him that our debt has been paid in full. 

Just a thought. Blessings