Oblivious To God

# 154 - Today's Du-votional comes from: 1Sa 12:9 "And when they forgot the LORD their God, He sold them into the hand of Sisera, commander of the army of Hazor, into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab; and they fought against them. ( 1 Sam 12:9) Samuel now gives the people a history lesson starting with the events after the passing of Joshua. When the people forgot the Lord their God, He sold them, that is, gave them over to slavery to the enemy. The thing about history is, if we don't learn from it, we are going to repeat our mistakes. Understand the implications here. The Philistines and Moabites are a type of the devil and his calling card of sin or rebellion against God. Forget, God and He will give you over to slavery to sin. This is His consistent history throughout Scripture. How did this happen? The people, under Joshua defeated the enemy, the promised land was theirs, they were secure all around their borders. In their security and prosperity...they forgot God. The word forgot means to mislay or become oblivious to. What makes you think that it will be any different for you? When you and I lose our awareness of God, He will give us up to slavery to sin and the devil. Ro 1:21-24 says, “because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 Professing to be wise, they became fools, 23 and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man--and birds and four-footed animals and creeping things. 24 Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness, in the lusts of their hearts, to dishonor their bodies among themselves, What happened? They stopped giving God glory for their security, their prosperity, their very salvation. They stopped being thankful, they became “oblivious” to God and so God “gave them up” to slavery to sin. A thankless people soon become a godless people. History has proven this time and time again. Break the cycle, ever give glory and thanks to God!