FORGOTTEN
In Matthew 14 Jesus multiplied bread and they ate till they were full and gathered 12 baskets full, yet it was out of 5 loaves of bread and two fishes. Many at times we look down in the little we have thinking it cannot be useful enough, what we have might be little but when we place it in the hands of God, that is when He can make good use of it. We cannot make good use of what we have without God, because we might not even know how to apportion it. Ask yourself if Jesus had told them to share the bread by themselves, how would they have done that? But Jesus had His Way of doing it and it was manifested when they handed over the little unto Him.
Peter was told to come to Jesus on the water, he walked first then as he proceeded, he saw the winds and started losing focus. That is one reason why Paul says "Looking unto Jesus Author and Finisher of our Faith". What God says, it takes God to finish it, but for that which has
started to go to a Glorious End, one has to still look up to this same God who said it. Peter was looking to Jesus so he was walking on the Spoken Word from Jesus upon the sea, but when he shifted focus to the things around, things also took another turn. One thing we should understand is what we see around will always be opposite of what God has already told us. That was why the people brought an evil report to Moses. Though they didn't have faith in what God had said, they were not lying when they said the people were giants and physically looking at things and their experiences, they cannot stand against them. What has God said and what do you see? Many of us are trying to make things work by ourselves forgetting what God has said and we are sinking because we've lost focus on what God said. In fact; many of us are really suffering because we have forgotten what God said to us some time back. Jonah was not supposed to go through all the sufferings and distress he was going through, it was because He was acting contrary to what God had said. I can say He was
giving God extra work because God had to intervene every time something bad happened to him; because God had to make sure he is kept alive in order to deliver the message to the people of Nineveh. To the extent that the ship was jeopardy and they ended up throwing cargoes into the sea to lighten the weight, but that was not the cause. But what if someone lost his or her life because the storm was too strong for the ship to handle? It would have been the disobedience of Jonah that would have caused that, because he was acting contrary to what God had said. He admitted to them that he was the cause and when he was thrown out, the sea was at peace. Certain people are facing raging storms in life because someone has lost their focus and are doing their own thing.
It was a similar pattern that was repeated by the Disciples from Matthew 14-16; The beginning of Chapter 15, the Pharisees and Sadducees raised a concern on why His Disciples were eating with unclean hands. Jesus made them aware that it is what comes out of the man
that defiles him, because what comes out of the mouth comes out of the heart, because out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. And out of the heart comes evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, theft, false witnesses and blasphemies. After a long while it was late and the disciples suggested to Jesus to send the people away but Jesus told them to give them something to eat; to them there was no way they could afford that much, but the little they had thus 5 loaves of bread and 2 fishes was just what Jesus needed. Jesus then multiplies the 5 loaves of bread and two fishes for 5000 men besides women and children, they ate till they were all filled. Meaning the bread became more than 5000, because women and children were not counted. Also, everyone ate till they were filled, so some people might have eaten more than 5 loaves depending on the level of their hunger. This confirms the scripture that “Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,” Ephesians 3:20
And after that they gathered 12 baskets full of bread, then in Chapter 15 too, a similar thing happened. The people were hungry and Jesus asked them to provide food for them. They said to Jesus "Where could we get enough bread in the wilderness to fill such a great multitude" Matthew 15:33. Then Jesus asked how many they had and they said 7 loaves. He took the break, gave thanks and broke it, they were around 4000 men besides women and children meaning some of the men left. And after this miracle also, they gathered 7 baskets full. What is actually happening here? Jesus has done it once but the second time they were still asking Jesus where they would get bread for such a great multitude. We will answer as we read on… Then in chapter 16 these same people thus the Pharisees and Sadducees came to test Jesus again asking for a sign, then Jesus knowing their thoughts called them hypocrites since they could Discern the weather but Spiritually can't Discern things so He called them blind as well. Then Jesus warns the disciples to beware of the
leaven of the Pharisees but they thought Jesus was talking of bread because they took no bread. Then Jesus asked them, you of little faith, do you not understand or remember...Meaning Jesus was expecting them to remember what had already been done before in order to trust Him to do it again. They had to remember that when it comes to the issue Bread, we should never worry because twice has Jesus proven Himself master over this but they forgot. Mankind easily forgets that was why God told them in Deuteronomy 8:18 that they should “remember the LORD their God for He gave them the Power to make wealth”. The Israelites were people who easily forgot the LORD they were serving the moment they were at peace, many at times they only remember God when their enemies are oppressing them. And that is what some of us who call ourselves modern Christians do, we only remember there is a God we can pray to only when we are going for a big job interview or contract. They only see the need of their men of God when the job is not going how they expected it to go, they will only
take things seriously when they dreamt and saw someone pursuing them with a machete. Many of us when we are at peace we feel that there is no need to serve God because we have all things; we normally rate success by all things going smoothly as long as we are not suffering. Nothing about the life of Samson was like he was failing but in the sight of God, lowkey he was failing; because he had been laying with a foreign woman and also had touched a dead body of a lion and has even eaten from its carcass. And that was one thing that a Nazerite isn’t supposed to do, but he felt it was okay for him to since anytime he called on God, He responded. That is what many of us do, we feel at peace and still sin because Mercy is available for us but why should we sin intentionally because Mercy and Grace is available. Samson forgot that he wasn’t supposed to be with a foreign woman yet he stayed with this woman for a very long, that even when she wanted him dead he couldn’t even notice it. these Israelites were the same people who had been in the land of Egypt for about 400
years and cried unto God. The LORD heard them and delivered them by His Mighty and Outstretched Hand, He showed them many miracles; He even killed the first born of the Egyptians because Egypt had touched His First born thus Israel. Even to the extent that God had to change the cause of nature for them, He didn’t rain water at times but rained manna them. And even all these 40 years in the wilderness none of clothes ever got spoilt; but Moses just went to meet God on the mountain to bring unto them the commandments from the LORD. And as he went he stayed there 40 days, then these people just forgot about everything that they had been through with God on their side; “When the people saw that Moses was so long in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said, “Come, make us gods [a] who will go before us. As for this fellow Moses who brought us up out of Egypt, we don’t know what has happened to him.” Exodus 32:1
After 400 years in Egypt with hard labor and 40 years in the wilderness, what is 40 days and night that they
couldn’t wait? We react too quickly forgetting the GodFactor anytime we are confronted with a situation. Just 40days and these people have already forgotten about their God and wanted a replacement, not even to think of Moses. If Moses had delayed, they could have at least gone to check if something had happened to him; when Moses is not around, Aaron could take charge because he was a priest before the LORD. But they didn’t use him as a priest but wanted something else, thus a craftsman to make them another God. I can say there are many things around that can make us forget our God and what He has said to us. These people were able to remember the gods in Egypt whom they had been separated from for the past 40 years, but the God who has walked with them and worked signs for them for the past 40 years they forgot about Him so quickly. What God did should have been fresh in their minds because it was current and it hadn’t been done before, because like “They walked on dry ground in the middle of the Red Sea”. What a miraculous moment but these people never
remembered what the LORD had done for them and they could remember a god they didn’t even serve while they were in Egypt for the past 40 years. Naturally it feels so hard to forget things that are of the world that we were once used to, that is why someone can hold something that another person did for about 25 years and they can still remember it clearly. Because in the garden of Eden it was clear that Eve forgot what God had said. because something that God has said it death, why would you now think that it is pleasant, good and something that can make one wise. When we forget who we are the devil will definitely show or tell us who we are not. Many of us have forgotten what the LORD had already done and said so we are still sinking because we are no longer looking up unto God but what is in the World.
Mankind is vulnerable to forget things and that was one reason why Jesus said when the Spirit of Truth comes, He shall remember you all that I have said unto you while I was with you. Even the Pharisees were able to remember that when Jesus was alive He said HE will rise
again, so they went to Pilate to ask for soldiers to secure the tomb to prevent further chaos.
Peter was walking in faith but when his focus shifted from "Come" as Jesus said to "what he saw" he began to sink. At least he later remembered that Jesus was still on the water and called out to Him to save him, but some of us we are still sinking and this is because we haven’t remembered what the LORD had said and the Power HE has to save us when we call out unto Him. We are acting like Peter and the other disciples who have forgotten what the LORD has said or done. It is hard for us to Trust God because we have forgotten His Acts and His Words which He spoke to us some time back. Someone can do something for us twice and because of that from that day hence, when it comes to something like that we will not even think twice, we will choose that person over anyone we don't know because previously they have proven themselves worthy. We are acting like the disciples in Matthew 14-16 and we are sinking in that sickness, trouble, pain, distress, depression, rejection,
stagnation because we have forgotten that this same God has done it before. If not for us, His Word says that His Word is Yes and Amen, meaning anything and everything in His Word that He did, He can still do it again for those who believe. For instance, the woman with the issue of blood was the first to initiate what I call "Touch and be Healed". Because in Matthew 9:20-22, this woman had the flow of blood for 12 years and couldn't be cured by anyone, then she said within her heart that if I could only touch the hem of His Garment, I will be made well. She did it and indeed she was made well and this same incident happened In Matthew 14:36 "and begged Him that they touch the hem of His garment. And as many as touched it were made perfectly well". The woman initiated it and others tried it and also got results. We have so much miracles in the Bible yet we are suffering from same things. Is it because we are not reading to find out what He has for us? The Bible as we know consists of Old and New Testament and a testament is a person's will relating to a personal
property, of something that serves as a sign or evidence of a specified fact, event or quality. We have the Old and New testaments; these contains evidences of what God has done and yet we are suffering as sons and daughters having the Testament of our Father. We are fortunate enough to get it written because at first it was orally passed down. Matthew, Mark, Luke and John documented the evidences of what happened when they walked with Jesus , we have this Jesus but the evidences that should help us do same we neglect and suffer. Ignorance and Forgetfulness is also a weapon the devil uses against us in order to prevent us from accessing what belongs to us. Jesus was doing all these miracles but they were not actually paying attention, so they were still thinking they lacked bread, so Jesus was speaking against them when He told them to beware of the leaven of the Pharisees. We walk with God but we don't closely pay attention to the things He has been doing in our lives, so we fall into same situations and act like people who need help when help us already available. Now all
our focus is on Men of God and not Jesus, we feel it is their responsibility to make sure we get that miracle, we get healed, we receive that breakthrough. But yet at the time of the Apostles there was only one Jesus who could be present at one place at a time. So, if He passes by you and you don't get that miracle you have to make sure you follow Him till you get your miracle. That was why people were just doing all those crazy stuffs, because they knew that if they missed their chance, that was the end. Like why would Zacchaeus climb a tree knowing he was short, why would Bartimaeus keep on shouting when the others told him to keep quiet . Or why would the people climb a building and go to the extent of removing someone’s roof just to get their friend healed. Or why would the woman keep chasing Jesus even when Jesus said it is not good to take what belongs to children and throw it to dogs (Matthew 15:21-28). It was because there was only one Jesus who existed Physically at one place at a time. But now we have Jesus who exists at everyplace at a time through His Spirit. But
yet still we are not making Good use of what we have and Who we have and the World is draining us so much. The devil knows that it we gets hold of that Word and move with it, the Author of our Faith will surely Finish it, so he will distract us with the boisterous winds, which represents the World and things in it. Because of that, we ignore the Word and try to work things out by ourselves yet we keep sinking. That is why we try so much to get out from something yet we are seeing no results because we are not looking unto Jesus, we are looking at the wind and trying our best to overcome it and go to Jesus. Someone is sinking in the world because he or she has forgotten that Prophecy over their lives, so they are living based on what they see and not that God has said and also, they have forgotten what God has said. This was the revelation Jesus was giving when He said these hear the word with Joy but the enemy comes to steal the Word; because the Word is stolen, they can't remember a thing that the Lord said so they are finding their own way. Others have also received it but are
looking at the wind, thus the pleasures of the world and it is choking that word so they are sinking. That is why they carry great prophecies yet keep on jumping from one lady/guy to another; know that the devil is not foolish, the Bible called him cunning or crafty which means showing skills to achieve one's ends or goals by deceit or evasion. Son and Daughter of God, go back to the Testament and take hold of what is in alignment with Your situation. The Bible is like an answer to every past question in life. Our lives are the exams we are writing, they are the same past questions but the answers are in the Bible concealed in the Holy Spirit. The moment you get hold of the answers you are good to go and nothing scares you again. But the devil is also developing new things to make us forgo those answers that we need from the scripture and He is giving us answers that we want. They are also answers but now what we need, but because they seem to be answers and sounds good to the ear, we just follow it and the end is failure. Then we have to start over again. What we have as Life is from
God and in God, so it takes God to sustain that Life. Let us not be ignorant and quick to forget, let us pay close attention to everything the LORD says to us and everything He does in our Lives. May God help us in the name of Jesus Christ ❤
PRAYER POINTS
1. Oh God, forgive My Ignorance and Forgetfulness 2. Oh God, save me, I am sinking in the world and its pleasures because I forgot Your Word and I am entangled. 3. My Father, My Father, anything of the World that is choking me preventing me to remember Your Word and live accordingly, let is catch Fire 4. You Spirit of Ignorance and Forgetfulness, OUT FROM MY LIFE IN JESUS’ NAME 5. Oh Holy Spirit, Help me remember every word You said to me and Help me Live in accordance with it 6. Any Word that the devil has stolen from My Life, Oh God cause them to Restore Now
7. Oh LORD, no matter the Winds and Pleasures, Help
me Look at You and You alone
IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS CHRIST