Never Forget

And when he sent word to Moses, “I, your father-in-law Jethro, am coming to you with your wife and her two sons with her,” Moses went out to meet his father-in-law and bowed down and kissed him. And they asked each other of their welfare and went into the tent. Then Moses told his father-in-law all that the Lord had done to Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake, all the hardship that had come upon them in the way, and how the Lord had delivered them. And Jethro rejoiced for all the good that the Lord had done to Israel, in that he had delivered them out of the hand of the Egyptians. 
from Exodus 18 (ESV)

If you read Exodus, you will see how God sent plagues upon Egypt, parted the Red Sea, delivered the Israelites from Amalek, sent manna from heaven and water from a rock to nourish them, and performed numerous other miracles in their presence. Did they remember what God had done for them? Nope. They complained, whined, and forgot what they had seen.

Jethro, on the other hand, was not there to experience these miracles and blessings from God. Moses tells him the stories, and Jethro rejoices. He believes immediately.

Are you more like the Israelites or Jethro? I often find myself behaving like the Israelites. I've seen God do countless wonders in my life. He's rescued me from the pit over and again, but as soon as I face another trial, I begin to doubt His goodness and His provision. How stupid am I?

I must never forget what He has done. You must not either. We must rejoice like Jethro rather than doubt like the Israelites. I surely don't want to be stuck in the wilderness for forty years because of my disbelief. Do you?