The word ‘remember’ occurs, in some form, 233 times in the NIV.
Throughout the biblical text, the people of God ask God to ‘remember’ the covenant that He has made with His people. They ask Him to remember with the hope that He will deliver them from bondage and oppression. God’s people ask Him to remember, desiring that He will restore them after they have begun to suffer the consequences of some pretty bad decisions.
And, as Scripture so often reminds us- God is not forgetful. He remembers. He remembers His people. He remembers the covenant that He has made with them. He remembers the promises that He has made to them long ago.
The God of Scripture, the God that we follow and serve as Christians, is a God who remembers.
In Scripture, however, it is not only God who is asked to remember. The God who remembers asks His people to remember. He at times even commands them to remember.
They are, durings specific seasons and celebrations throughout the year, to remeber God and what He has accomplished for His people.
God’s people, through the way that they dress and adorn their body, are to remember the Lord their God.
When incredible and miraculous things happen, God’s people are often instructed by their leaders to offer a sacrifice or to construct a monument that will help then to ‘remember’.
As Christians, today, do we stop to remember? Or do we sing some songs, praise God for the salvation that we have received, and then go about our business?
As we gather together for worship, what do we remember and how do we remember whomever or whatever it is?
