Remember God’s Fight for You in the Past

There is something to this past thing that I have to remember and carry into the now and future. You see, the LORD fought for me yesterday and I have to believe that He will indeed fight for me today and into tomorrow.

“³⁰The LORD your God who goes before you will himself fight for you, just as he did for you in Egypt before your eyes, ³¹and in the wilderness, where you have seen how the LORD your God carried you, as a man carries his son, all the way that you went until you came to this place.” — Deuteronomy 1:30-31 (ESV)

Did the LORD not provide a way out of Egypt for the Israelite people. Did He not defeat Pharaoh and his men allowing the people to escape through the Red Sea. It is no wonder that the LORD was angry with them for not going into the land they were promised for fear. There was no trust in the LORD or even obedience in Him based on the past and His love and past protection of them.

There is a saying that if it ain’t broke, then don’t fix it. The LORD has been consistent in all that He had done for the people to this point. He had rescued them from Egypt, provided for their escape from Pharaoh, provided for them in the wilderness, and yet they were still reluctant to follow Him. Seems to me that the people here are worried that the LORD is somehow broken and needs their fixing before moving forward.

“³²Yet in spite of this word you did not believe the LORD your God, ³³who went before you in the way to seek you out a place to pitch your tents, in fire by night and in the cloud by day, to show you by what way you should go.” — Deuteronomy 1:32-33 (ESV)

How often have I tried to fix things when really they were not broken. God provides what we need and not necessarily what we want. I have to remember to look back at the past and see all that God has provided to know that He will continue to provide and all I have to do is obey and trust Him. I have to avoid fixing things for God, as He has already put together the perfect plan and I just need to trust that what lies ahead is in accordance with the way things were in the past.

What have you seen from God in the past? Are you trying to fix something that is not broken? What if you were to trust in the LORD that the past will be the now and future?