Tracking Transition: Don’t Forget to Remember

Discussion Guide for Sunday, February 23, 2020

DON’T FORGET TO REMEMBER!

Series: Tracking Transition – Following God into Your New Beginning

Big Idea

Pastor Mickles has been teaching principles of transition. Here’s a quick review: Transition can be a scary process, and, sometimes, it requires you to take a risky step of faith. But did you know that you could waste your time on your transition journey? When you do not learn the lessons your journey was designed to teach you, you cannot enjoy the fullness of your new beginning. This was a risk Joshua did not want to take. Joshua built two memorials, one in the midst of the Jordan River and the other on riverbank in the Promised Land.

These memorials were visual reminders that would trigger memories of Israel’s journey from Egypt through the Wilderness and into the Promised Land, and they would provide an occasion for the retelling of the story. The Bible doesn’t tell us why Joshua built the memorial in the midst of the Jordan River (Joshua 4:9), but Pastor Mickles taught us that it was a reminder of our private battles. It became a reminder of what happens when you face your fears and step out on faith. The memorial built in the Promised Land was a reminder of our public victories. It became a reminder that the God who can do anything was on our side. It also became a tool for passing our faith on to the next generation.

Discussion Questions

• Have you ever seriously considered the lessons you have learned over the course of your faith journey? How many of those lessons can you recall?
• Do you share your testimony with others? Why? Why not? How often?
• How has those life lessons changed the way you live? How have they improved your quality of life?
• Which of your life lessons are worth passing on to the next generation?

Prayer Focus

Look where You’ve brought me from! Father, You promised that You would be with me when I went through deep waters and that You would not let me drown when I went through the rivers of difficulty (Isaiah 43:2, NLT). You have kept Your promise, and I thank You. Touch my mind. Help me to not forget the many lessons You’ve taught me along the way. May I meditate on them and tell of Your goodness all the days of my life.

Next Steps

It is so easy to forget the lessons you’ve learned along the way. You have to be intentional about remembering our private battles and our public victories and about passing your experiences on to others. Spend some time writing a list of the things you’ve learned in the last season of your life. Then pick one of those lessons you can share with someone else.

Want to Get Ahead?

Read and meditate on Joshua 5 in your devotional time this week.