Yesterday, I sent my wife a series of text message trivia questions about our marriage. Here are a couple of them:

“What was the name of the restaurant where we celebrated our 3rd anniversary?” (Answer: Top of the Mast)

“What did we eat for dinner on our cheapest anniversary?” (Answer: pizza)

There were more, but I can’t share them!

She forgot the answers to a number of the questions just as I would have had she been making up the questions. We all have a remarkable capacity to forget.

We’re not alone though. We’ve got the entire nation of Israel as company.

In Exodus 16, it’s been about six weeks since Moses led Israel out of their slavery to the Egyptians. Six weeks since the plagues of frogs and gnats and boils and hail and…on and on. It all culminates with the angel of death sweeping across Egypt and killing all the first born. You can read about it in Exodus 7-11.

You know the story. Pharaoh finally lets the Israelites leave Egypt, but later changes his mind and pursues them right into the Red Sea. That was a bad idea. The Israelites escaped and the Egyptians drowned.

You would think that after seeing all those plagues, a sea open up so you could cross on dry ground and God drowning all your enemies that your faith in God would be rock solid for a really long time. But you would think wrong.

Just six weeks after seeing all that supernatural stuff happen, the Israelites start grumbling against Moses because they’re hungry. They even begin longing for Egypt. They want to go back to being slaves.

Six weeks. It took them just six weeks to forget all God had done. Actually, it’s not even that long, because at the end of chapter 15, they’re grumbling because they don’t have water. In less than a month and a half, they’ve gotten their eyes off of God and on their circumstances.

What has God done for you that you’ve forgotten? What do you need to remember?

You may feel like you’re in a desert just like the Israelites. Resources are scarce. Nothing comes easy. It’s uncomfortable and you’re not sure when it’s going to end.

Remember: God did not lead you into the desert to starve you. He sees your circumstances. He knows what He’s doing in your life.

Choose to believe Him, not your circumstances. His promises to provide for you are trustworthy.

What can you do today to remember Him? What can you do to get your eyes off of what you can see and onto Him whom you can’t see?