Forgetting God

Today’s reading: Psalm 139: 1-18

It’s interesting how easily I forget God.

I don’t mean to forget Him, of course, and I have plenty of good  valid reasons for why I do it. (Falling into the traps of a secular-minded society is my most common excuse.)

But here I am — a guy who now writes a daily devotional blog and can be found in church every Sunday (and in my pastor’s office many other times through the week) — admitting that I too easily forget God.

What the heck is wrong with me?

I have at least one or two skeptical friends who are smiling at that question, ready to advise me that, indeed, there is nothing wrong with me. The problem, they will say, is with God himself — or, rather, the idea of God. They will tell me my forgetfulness is proof that they’ve been right all along, that God is either non-existent or  irrelevant, hopelessly out of touch with his constituents.

These friends will be happy to guide me back to their world of sanity and self-esteem. “Look where all this church stuff has gotten you!” they’ll plead. “You are right in the middle of it all, and where is God?”

But, today’s reading is my response to that well-intentioned argument.

Thank you friends, but the problem is most definitely with me. I just need more practice at keeping stuff like this in the front of my brain: “For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether.” (verse 4)

Thanks be to God for, well, everything!