There are times on our journey we come face to face with an old lesson we learned. We get a stark reminder of what God told us to do- but we forgot. We are reminded of His faithfulness, His promise to us and His purpose for our lives.

There are times we desperately need those reminders.

It is important to set up an altar to God at the places He appears to you. An altar is a place of remembrance. I do this by journaling.

Recently I learned that I must take immediate action on a new lesson I have learned. When God gives me a revelation, I tend to treat it as just that. I am excited, blessed and in awe of this new knowledge, but I don’t always change my habits to start to live in the new space. Sure enough, before long I find myself re-learning that lesson- because I didn’t put it to practice.

When we get an understanding of the word, we should not only receive it, but also treat it as a commandment. We should build an altar so it becomes engrained in us.

By doing so we avoid going round in circles passing by the same stone.

“They pitched their tents…where they had camped before. The same place where Abraham built the altar and he worshipped God again.” Gen 13:3-4 NLT