The LORD remembers us

https://odb.org/MY/2023/06/16/gods-unfailing-memory

I’m not too sure about today’s ODB’s life illustration of a person who had forgotten his bitcoin account with millions in it being compared to God who does not have failing memory. This is because God being God, His memory can never fail. He knows even the number of hair strands we have and every single memory we may have, every single moment of our lives – the past, the present, and even the future. God is omniscient, He knows everything. He is also omnipresent, He transcends time and space.

Having said that, He does remember us in the sense that He will not abandon or leave us behind. He will not be the father who forgot about his son at the highway rest area and continued his journey, leaving his son behind. That can be a major catastrophe for young children who may have no means to contact their parents. That is why in this age of only keying in mobile phone numbers, we must commit to memory at least one contact number. Both my sons know my phone number by heart, and I know my wife’s by heart too.

Of course, when we are going through difficult times and some tough suffering in the flesh, we will naturally feel like God has abandoned us. Left us behind. Abandoned us. Especially when it was our stubborn heart that had led to our present predicament or perhaps our haughty attitude or rebellious streak. The Israelites were rebellious and went against the ways of the LORD, and He allowed both the Assyrians and the Babylonians to overrun and take them into captivity. From free men, they became slaves. They complained that the LORD had forsaken them, but when free, they worshipped other gods. Yet despite their insolence, the LORD affirmed to them that He had not forgotten them. He still remembers them and will redeem them one day, which history has shown that He did.

Of course, God’s relationship with Israel in the Old Testament is a relationship with the nation of Israel as a people. It is not a relationship with individuals, and thus, at the personal level, the Israelites may not have experienced God’s redemption in their lifetimes since the actual liberty came a few hundred years later. It is nevertheless a precursor to our personal relationship with God in the present times post the death and resurrection of Christ that has reconciled us as individuals with God.

Be of good cheer! The LORD remembers us even in our difficult predicaments and tough situations, whether physical, medical, financial, or otherwise. He will deliver us. He will rescue us. But in His time. In the meantime, repent if we have sinned against Him.