“But Zion said, “‘The LORD has forgotten me.'” You find that in the Bible in Isaiah 49:14.

OUR FORGETFULNESS.

We are on our journey, we left home about half an hour ago, and we are wondering what we have forgotten to take with us this time. I don’t want to bother you with all the things we have forgotten on past journeys.

Forgetting umbrellas and toothbrushes is easily remedied, but there is a forgetfulness with eternal consequences.

That’s why Isaiah says in Isaiah 17:10, “You have forgotten God your Saviour.”

And Jeremiah cries full of pain in  Jeremiah 2:32, “Does a maiden forget her jewelry, a bride her wedding ornaments? Yet my people have forgotten me, days without number.”

The Apostle Paul writes, “Remember Jesus Christ, raised from  the dead, descended from David.” ( Second Timothy 2:8 )

And the Bible continues, “Praise the LORD, O my soul, and forget not his benefits.” ( Psalm 103:2 )

BUT HERE IN OUR TEXT WE READ ABOUT THE FORGETFULNESS OF GOD.

Can God forget something? Yes, the Bible says that God can forget.

God can forget the sins, the sins that are covered by the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Micah 7:19 says, “You will tread our sins underfoot and hurl all our iniquities into the depth of the sea.”

And God is going to forget the lost. We can get so lost, that the Lord is not thinking about us any longer.

Psalm 1:4 “Not so the wicked! They are like chaff that the wind blows away.” That is hell.

Everything else the Lord cannot forget.

So Israel was wrong in saying, “The LORD has forgotten me.” Psalm 115:12 says, “The LORD remembers us and will bless us: He will bless the house of Israel, …”