God has probably been more involved in your life than you acknowledged at the time or can remember right now.

Who was the first person to teach you to walk? Can you remember?

Whose hands did you hold as you took those first few steps?

When you fell for the first time who swooped you up and rubbed your knee and ‘kissed it better’? Can you remember?

Who gave you not only food but treats of kindness? Who held your hand as you crossed the road?

Whose embrace did you first experience? Who lifted you up to their cheek so that you could hear them whisper ‘there there’ or sing some lullaby? Can you remember?

What is your earliest recollection of food being made for you? Who did that for you?

“It was I who taught Ephraim to walk, taking them by the arms; but they did not realise it was I who healed them. I led them with cords of human kindness, with ties of love. To them I was like one who lifts a little child to the cheek, and I bent down to feed them.” (Hosea 11 v 3-4)

It was I.

But they did not realise it was I.

To those who are wondering if God will help them today or are asking if He will be in their tomorrow: He was there when you didn’t know so He will certainly be there now that you are calling on Him.

Maybe this morning we should not be like the ungrateful Israelites but we should stop and give God thanks for all He has done even when we didn’t know He was with us.