Do Not Forget The Lord

Cell phone reminders. Calendar alerts. “Post-it” notes. “Sharpie” jots on hands. “Please remind me” pleas. These are but a few ways among many by which we aid our abilities to remember. Why are such methods necessary? Because we are (at least most of us) prone to forget.

As we close out the roller coaster of a year 2020 and head into the yet-to-be-determined 2021 we do well to spur our memories a bit. Today’s blog is not one designed to cause you to recall the less-than-awesome moments you experienced this year, nor is it crafted to help you recall the hallelujah-worthy events of 2020. Rather, it's purpose is to bring us back to the most important of things, namely, the importance of remembering the Lord. Does that sound strange? If so, let me assure you that generation after generation of people have needed the very same reminder.

Nearly 3500 years ago Moses, speaking Holy Spirit-inspired words, declared an instruction to the Israelites. We find those words in Deuteronomy.

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Deuteronomy 6:10-12 (NIV)
When the LORD your God brings you into the land he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to give you—a land with large, flourishing cities you did not build, houses filled with all kinds of good things you did not provide, wells you did not dig, and vineyards and olive groves you did not plant—then when you eat and are satisfied, be careful that you do not forget the LORD, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.

Knowing the power of repetition, Moses furthered the charge a bit later.

Deuteronomy 8:1-4 (NIV)
Be careful to follow every command I am giving you today, so that you may live and increase and may enter and possess the land the LORD promised on oath to your ancestors. Remember how the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness these forty years, to humble and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands. He humbled you, causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna, which neither you nor your ancestors had known, to teach you that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD. Your clothes did not wear out and your feet did not swell during these forty years.

In those verses Moses provided examples to recall specific ways God provided for them.

The Bible contains nearly 300 uses of the word “remember.” We do well to remember. When we remember the Lord and what He has done for us we build strength for the endurance of living our everyday, ordinary lives for God.

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