psalm · 106B
They Soon Forgot His Works
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Forgetting is not the end of the story when Someone keeps standing in the breach for you.
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They soon forgot His works; They did not wait for His counsel, But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness And tested God in the desert. And He gave them their request, But sent leanness into their soul. They envied Moses in the camp, And Aaron the saint of the Lord. The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, And covered the company of Abiram. A fire was kindled in their company; The flame burned up the wicked. They made a calf in Horeb And worshiped the molded image. Thus they changed their glory Into the image of an ox that eats grass. They forgot God their Savior, Who had done great things in Egypt, Wondrous works in the land of Ham, And awesome things by the Red Sea. Therefore He said that He would destroy them, Had not Moses His chosen Stood before Him in the breach, To turn away His wrath, lest He destroy them. They also despised the pleasant land; They did not believe His word. But murmured in their tents And did not heed the voice of the Lord. Therefore He raised His hand in oath against them, To overthrow them in the wilderness, To overthrow their descendants among the nations, And to scatter them in the lands. They joined themselves also to Baal Peor And ate sacrifices offered to the dead. Thus they provoked Him to anger with their deeds, And the plague broke out among them. Then Phinehas stood up and intervened, And the plague was stopped. And that was accounted to him for righteousness To all generations forever.
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Psalm 106B: They Soon Forgot His Works
When you need to remember — that You're still my Shepherd.
What's Going On…
You can be deeply moved on Sunday and back to the same anxious grasping by Tuesday. You wonder how you can both worship Him and forget Him in the same week. Your memory just doesn't hold what it should.
What you want is a heart that holds onto what God gave instead of trading it for the next thing — and you want to be honest about how often you have already done that.
What It Means
This passage names the human pattern with brutal speed: "They soon forgot His works; they did not wait for His counsel, but lusted exceedingly in the wilderness and tested God in the desert." Soon forgot. Did not wait. Lusted. Tested. Four verbs in two verses, and any one of them can show up in a normal week. Then comes the haunting line: "And He gave them their request, but sent leanness into their soul." Sometimes you get what you demanded — and you discover too late that getting it costs you more than waiting would have.
Then the pattern compounds: golden calf at Horeb, "they changed their glory into the image of an ox that eats grass." Idol-trading is often just swapping the real God for a manageable one. "They forgot God their Savior, who had done great things in Egypt."
The intercession matters: "Therefore He said that He would destroy them, had not Moses His chosen stood before Him in the breach, to turn away His wrath, lest He destroy them." Someone stood in the breach. Mercy depends on intercession. The Phinehas line at the close says the same — "then Phinehas stood up and intervened, and the plague was stopped." When your forgetting becomes destructive, you need someone in the breach. That is what Christ does.
Right Here, Right Now
• Right now, name one specific way you have been "forgetting His works" this week — and ask Him to stand in the breach for the consequences you have already set in motion.
• Write this down: "What did I receive that I did not wait for, and what leanness has come with it?"
• Repeat this line when you catch yourself trading His glory: "Had not Moses His chosen stood before Him in the breach."
Selah
Stop. Breathe. Let "stood before Him in the breach" speak louder than your shame for forgetting. Then tell Him exactly where you need an intercessor — out loud if you can.
Prayer
God, I have so quickly forgotten works of Yours that I should still be telling people about.
I have asked for things You did not want me to have, and I have lived with the leanness that came with them.
Forgive me for trading Your glory for easier images I could manage.
Thank You that someone stands in the breach for me — that mercy still has a way to reach a forgetful heart.
Build my memory longer than my appetite, so my next week looks more like Yours.
You're still my Shepherd.
Stay Strong
Forgetting is not the end of the story when Someone keeps standing in the breach for you.
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