God remembered

Now it happened in the process of time that the king of Egypt died. Then the children of Israel groaned because of the bondage, and they cried out; and their cry came up to God because of the bondage. So God heard their groaning, and God remembered His covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God acknowledged them. – Exodus 2v23-25

When we read the words 'God remembered' we might think at first that He was capable of forgetting. 'How can God forget?' we might ask.

Things just grew worse for Israel. Pharaoh died and things went on. Israel was in agony because of her condition so they 'groaned' and called out to God in their misery.

Surely they thought things like 'God has forgotten us!'

But He had not. He still remembered them. He did not have to be reminded about them. He had never forgotten. They were in His memory.

Their prayers were heard. He acknowledged their prayer. It looks like God was just waiting for them to remember Him and call out to Him.

God does not forget His people. He does not forget us. He constantly remembers us. The problem comes when we forget about Him.