Spiritual Amnesia

Every Thursday morning I have the privilege of meeting together with a wonderful group of women for Bible Study. This past Thursday, we finished our study of the 7 Feasts* found in Leviticus 23. This study was was a little different than other studies we have done, but in the end, we were not only challenged, but encouraged by all we had learned about God from this study.

While we on this side of the Cross no longer observe the rituals of these feasts, but there is much we can learn from them. Not only does each feast point forward to Christ in some way, but these feasts also have much to say to us about our spiritual amnesia.

What in the world is spiritual amnesia?

Let’s start with a definition for amnesia:

Amnesia: Loss of a large block of interrelated memories; complete or partial loss of memory due to brain injury or trauma.

I understand amnesia. I have amnesia. Due to a stroke in 2016, there is a large block of my life that I no longer have any memory of. 

But what does that have to do with spiritual amnesia?

Spiritual amnesia has to do with remembering. As in, I remembered to read my Bible today, I remembered to pray today, I remembered to go to church on Sunday. But it goes beyond that.

Spiritual amnesia is about not forgetting. Not forgetting the spiritual disciplines of Bible reading and prayer and church attendance, certainly. But beyond that.

Remembering who God is. Remembering His character and His ways. Remembering all He has done and all He has promised to do. 

Remembering. Letting all that sink in. 

In ancient Israel, the Lord had set feast days like Passover and First Fruits and the Day of Atonement into their calendar so the Israelites would remember.

We don’t have to wait for those feast days to remember. And if we are wise, we will make every effort not to forget….to remember. To remember all He has done. To remember His promises. To remember His goodness. To remember His blessings.

To remember. So we don’t get spiritual amnesia.

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ.” (Ephesians 1:3 NKJV)     

* 7 Feasts, Finding Christ in the Sacred Celebrations of the Old Testament, Erin Davis, Revive Our Hearts Ministrieso