Sunday, Allen told us that just as God remembered Noah (Gen. 8:1) He also remembers us. He remembered us at the cross, He will remember us in the future and God remembers us now. But is this the paradigm in which we view our lives? Do we believe that God has always known us, has always been with us, and has always “remembered” us? And if not, how does that affect the way we think about Gods commitment to us in the future?

Ask yourself this question: “When I look at the story of my life, (past experiences, future plans, successes and failures, blessings and tragedies), who is the main character?” The answer to this question is telling. It’s either God or you; but how can you tell who it really is? Most of us would say God is because we know that’s what the bible says, but is that how we live? One way to find out is to evaluate what has already happened and how we’ve responded to it.

When you look back on your past, what’s your perspective? How do you see God in your past? Were you bullied, teased and rejected by your peers? Did you grow up in a dysfunctional family with divorced or an alcoholic parent(s)? Were you beaten or sexually abused? Maybe you were the bully or the abuser that lived a life of violence? We’ve all experienced grief, pain and loss at different degrees and through very different circumstances but whatever your story is, your history is part of who you are and tends to determine how you look at the future. The question is how do you interpret your past? Are you a part of God's story or is He a part of yours?

In light of our past, we may ask questions like, “Where was God?” or “Why did God let this happen to me?” but we can’t let emotional rationalizations determine our interpretation of our history. Just like in everything else, we must be lead by and believe scripture. And scripture tells us where God was; even before you were, He was on the cross. Let’s believe scripture and let it interpret the past and determine our future. We are a part of God’s story, a blip in history. We revolve around him not the reverse and yet, just like with Noah, God has remembered us; He has acted on our behalf and through His promises, we have hope for the future.