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“For I do not want you to be ignorant of the fact, brothers and sisters, that our ancestors
were all under the cloud and that they all passed through the sea. They were all baptized
into Moses in the cloud and in the sea. They all ate the same spiritual food and drank the
same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that
rock was Christ.” (1 Corinthians 10:1–4)
During this season of Jesus’ temptation and time in the wilderness, we are called to look at
our own difficulties and trials of this current season. Something the Lord calls His people to
do time and time again is to remember. Remembering from whence they came and how He
had so faithfully delivered them. He carried His people out of Egypt, through the sea, and
called them to remember that act each and every year.
Lent is a time where we, too, need to look back and remember the Lord’s faithfulness.
Remember the times you thought you weren’t going to make it, and you did. The times
you felt so uncomfortable you wanted to throw up, and you survived. Remember the times
when you thought God wasn’t there and He showed Himself. Know that the God that has
been with you your whole life is the one that walks by your side right now and loves you.
Remember the times He has been faithful to you and let that preserve you and strengthen
you. The Lord’s faithfulness exists in different ways in our lives and His love for us is enduring.
In long seasons of wandering and dry, arid deserts we must call our hearts to remember the
God that we serve and how He has shown up in our lives—creating small “red seas” (tokens
of remembrance) in our lives. The God that took the Israelites out of Egypt is the same God
that poured water forth from the rock, the same God that bled forth and died on the cross,
and the same God who dwells within us (those moved and changed by His saving grace).
We serve a God who provides and a God who is faithful. Where have you seen that lately?
Where have you seen Him in your life? What is He calling you to remember in this season?
He is with you, He is nourishing you, His blood was poured out for you, fall upon Him, cast
your cares upon Him, because He loves you.
NATHAN ARNOLD
Senior
Social Entrepreneurship Major
were all under the cloud and that they all passed through the sea. They were all baptized
into Moses in the cloud and in the sea. They all ate the same spiritual food and drank the
same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that
rock was Christ.” (1 Corinthians 10:1–4)
During this season of Jesus’ temptation and time in the wilderness, we are called to look at
our own difficulties and trials of this current season. Something the Lord calls His people to
do time and time again is to remember. Remembering from whence they came and how He
had so faithfully delivered them. He carried His people out of Egypt, through the sea, and
called them to remember that act each and every year.
Lent is a time where we, too, need to look back and remember the Lord’s faithfulness.
Remember the times you thought you weren’t going to make it, and you did. The times
you felt so uncomfortable you wanted to throw up, and you survived. Remember the times
when you thought God wasn’t there and He showed Himself. Know that the God that has
been with you your whole life is the one that walks by your side right now and loves you.
Remember the times He has been faithful to you and let that preserve you and strengthen
you. The Lord’s faithfulness exists in different ways in our lives and His love for us is enduring.
In long seasons of wandering and dry, arid deserts we must call our hearts to remember the
God that we serve and how He has shown up in our lives—creating small “red seas” (tokens
of remembrance) in our lives. The God that took the Israelites out of Egypt is the same God
that poured water forth from the rock, the same God that bled forth and died on the cross,
and the same God who dwells within us (those moved and changed by His saving grace).
We serve a God who provides and a God who is faithful. Where have you seen that lately?
Where have you seen Him in your life? What is He calling you to remember in this season?
He is with you, He is nourishing you, His blood was poured out for you, fall upon Him, cast
your cares upon Him, because He loves you.
NATHAN ARNOLD
Senior
Social Entrepreneurship Major
About this Plan
Through an intentional partnership between the Office of University Ministries and the College of Theology & Christian Ministry, this Lenten devotional guide has been created for our community. Our prayer is that the words found here will nourish and challenge you as you journey with Jesus to the cross during this Lenten season.
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