We need to learn from the centuries of experience provided by our brothers and sisters in the church and in the Bible. A Christian who has David in his bones, Jeremiah in his bloodstream, Paul in his fingertips and Christ in his heart will know how much and how little value to put on His own momentary feelings and the experience of the week. To remain willfully ignorant of Abraham wandering in the desert, the Hebrews enslaved in Egypt, David battling the Philistines, Jesus arguing with the Pharisees and Paul writing to the Corinthians is like saying, “I refuse to remember that when I kicked that black dog last week he bit my leg.” If I don’t remember it, in the next fit of anger I will kick him again and get bitten again.
History
Ed Stetzer
God has supernaturally guided his church for two thousand years. He has overcome every obstacle as if it were nothing, raised up courageous believers to accomplish tasks others thought impossible, and protected his church and Word from every means of attack. Nothing in history has surprised him or come close to overwhelming his power to uphold us.
Clark H Pinnock
History is not the playing out of a timelessly fixed decree but a theater where the divine purposes are being worked out by the resourcefulness of God in dealing with the surprises of a significant creation. History is neither random nor predetermined. The Spirit is active in everything but in ways that are respectful of the dignity of creation.