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Exodus chapter 1 verse 8

now there arose a new king over Egypt

who did not know Joseph. It's a dangerous thing when we forget, we don't realize

how God has worked in the past when we don't remember what God has done for us in a way that affects our lives today, our lives in the future.

That's the whole picture in Exodus chapter one

as this new king arises over Egypt,

and he didn't know Joseph,

but it's not just about Joseph,

it's about how God had provided for the people of Egypt and all kinds of different nations including

Jacob and his family through Joseph how God had used Joseph to interpret dreams, to prepare people for a coming

famine to provide for them.

And there arises this king who who doesn't know about that

who has forgotten about God's provision in the past and that'll obviously have

all kinds of effects on the people of Israel in the book of Exodus.

But the key is for our lives.

We can never forget how God has worked in the past. We can never forget all the ways God

has provided because it's his provision in the past that oftentimes provides

fuel for our faith in the present and the future

yet we're so prone to forget. I think about my own life how many times have I had to

learn the same lessons over and over and over again because I forget what God has taught me.

I forget how God has shown himself in this way or that way and so I find myself worrying what's going to happen here or what's going

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