#soap # Ezra 04 ## Title: When God Seems To Have Forgotten ## Scripture: (Ezra 4:24) “So the work on the temple of God in Jerusalem came to a halt. It remained halted until the second year of the reign of King Darius of Persia.” (NET) ## Observation: I love coffee and my wife knows it. Many times, while she’s out, she’ll ask if I need anything. I will ask her to grab me a cup of coffee. If she is about to head home, I know the chances are high she will remember. If she takes a while getting home, I feel confident there will be no coffee coming. She has likely forgotten. How many times do we feel that way about God? If we pray for God to do something and it happens right away, we are excited. However, if it takes a while, we feel that God must have forgotten or never intended to do it in the first place. This is never the case. God works on a different time scale than we do and is working with infinitely more pieces than just our part of the puzzle. God is always doing more than we think. So, if you find yourself in a season where everything feels stalled, don’t give up. God is doing more than you can see. God has not forgotten you. ## Application: Be encouraged that just because you don’t see Him moving doesn’t mean God is not working things out. ## Prayer: Thank You, Jesus, for never forgetting us.