Bottomline: Look back on the faithfulness of God and let it push you to be faithful in the future.
Judges 2:10 NIV
After that whole generation had been gathered to their ancestors, another generation grew up who knew neither the Lord nor what he had done for Israel.
Romans 15:4 NIV
For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope.