“Remember the former things long past,
For I am God, and there is no other;
I am God, and there is no one like Me…”
Isaiah 46:9
“Remember .” ‘ Forget not. “ The Scriptures remind us of this no less than 168 times. Why is that? Could it be because The Creator makes Himself so available to us that we take Him for granted? Could be that we are prone to forget Who He is?
I eat breakfast every week with a dear brother in Christ and we talked about this very thing. He shared a song with me by Katie & Bryan Torwait that said it best: “How quickly we forget the God who lives in everyday. How easy to lose sight that You reside in the mundane.” Mundane is just another word for dull, or uninteresting. But what is mundane to the un-inquisitive eye, holds a world of wonderment to those who take the time to look closer.
When 5-year- old Albert Einstein was sick in bed one day, his father brought him a compass. He trembled in awe that the magnetic needle behaved as if influenced by a hidden force field, rather than by touch or other physical contact. This produced a sense of wonder that motivated him his whole life long. Einstein’s biographer, Water Issacson, wrote, “Throughout his life, …[he] would retain the intuition and the awe of a child. He never lost his sense of wonder at the magic of nature’s phenomena—magnetic fields, gravity. Inertia, acceleration, light beams—which grown-ups find so commonplace.”
Tears are commonplace. All animals have the lubricating and the immune function of tears. But did you know that man is the only creature that cries out of emotion. And God “hears” those tears as wordless prayers that He puts in His bottle and that are recorded in His book. (Ps.56:8)
It is worth our while to explore this God Who knows us intimately and Who calls us by name. (Jude 1) Called by name by The Creator of the Universe! Far more powerful than the magnetic field that caused the compass needle to move and young Einstein to tremble. And He knows us, better than we know ourselves. “For You formed my inward parts; You wove me in my mother’s womb. I will give thanks to You , for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Wonderful are Your works, And my soul knows very well….” (Psalm 139:13-14)
Not only are we called by God, but we are beloved in God the Father. When Winston Churchill was asked what his father was like, he responded.” He was like God—busy elsewhere.” Pity poor Winston— he did not know the God of the Bible. Or he would know that we are on the mind of God constantly. “How precious also are Your thoughts unto me, O God! How vast is the sum of them! If I should count them, they would outnumber the sand…”(Ps.139:17-18)
And not only are we the called and beloved, but we are kept for Jesus Christ. “Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, and to make you stand in the presence of His glory blameless with great joy, …” (Jude 24)
We need to think and “remember who we’re talking to! The only One who death bows to, that’s the God who walks with you” the Torwait’s song chorus enjoins us to celebrate this mystery of godliness.
When we join other members of the Body of Christ at the communion table, we remember how the God of the Universe “humbled Himself and became in appearance as a man,… by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross,…(Phil.2:8)
That this God who has created the stars, and calls them all by name”(Is.40:26), this same God is the “friend Who sticks closer than a brother” (Prov.18:24). A friend, yes. There could be no better. But remember Who we’re talking to.
Called. Beloved. Kept. That is what our God called us. That is who we are.
Remember. Remember, and forget not..
Questions to Think About:
For I am God, and there is no other;
I am God, and there is no one like Me…”
Isaiah 46:9
“Remember .” ‘ Forget not. “ The Scriptures remind us of this no less than 168 times. Why is that? Could it be because The Creator makes Himself so available to us that we take Him for granted? Could be that we are prone to forget Who He is?
I eat breakfast every week with a dear brother in Christ and we talked about this very thing. He shared a song with me by Katie & Bryan Torwait that said it best: “How quickly we forget the God who lives in everyday. How easy to lose sight that You reside in the mundane.” Mundane is just another word for dull, or uninteresting. But what is mundane to the un-inquisitive eye, holds a world of wonderment to those who take the time to look closer.
When 5-year- old Albert Einstein was sick in bed one day, his father brought him a compass. He trembled in awe that the magnetic needle behaved as if influenced by a hidden force field, rather than by touch or other physical contact. This produced a sense of wonder that motivated him his whole life long. Einstein’s biographer, Water Issacson, wrote, “Throughout his life, …[he] would retain the intuition and the awe of a child. He never lost his sense of wonder at the magic of nature’s phenomena—magnetic fields, gravity. Inertia, acceleration, light beams—which grown-ups find so commonplace.”
Tears are commonplace. All animals have the lubricating and the immune function of tears. But did you know that man is the only creature that cries out of emotion. And God “hears” those tears as wordless prayers that He puts in His bottle and that are recorded in His book. (Ps.56:8)
It is worth our while to explore this God Who knows us intimately and Who calls us by name. (Jude 1) Called by name by The Creator of the Universe! Far more powerful than the magnetic field that caused the compass needle to move and young Einstein to tremble. And He knows us, better than we know ourselves. “For You formed my inward parts; You wove me in my mother’s womb. I will give thanks to You , for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Wonderful are Your works, And my soul knows very well….” (Psalm 139:13-14)
Not only are we called by God, but we are beloved in God the Father. When Winston Churchill was asked what his father was like, he responded.” He was like God—busy elsewhere.” Pity poor Winston— he did not know the God of the Bible. Or he would know that we are on the mind of God constantly. “How precious also are Your thoughts unto me, O God! How vast is the sum of them! If I should count them, they would outnumber the sand…”(Ps.139:17-18)
And not only are we the called and beloved, but we are kept for Jesus Christ. “Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, and to make you stand in the presence of His glory blameless with great joy, …” (Jude 24)
We need to think and “remember who we’re talking to! The only One who death bows to, that’s the God who walks with you” the Torwait’s song chorus enjoins us to celebrate this mystery of godliness.
When we join other members of the Body of Christ at the communion table, we remember how the God of the Universe “humbled Himself and became in appearance as a man,… by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross,…(Phil.2:8)
That this God who has created the stars, and calls them all by name”(Is.40:26), this same God is the “friend Who sticks closer than a brother” (Prov.18:24). A friend, yes. There could be no better. But remember Who we’re talking to.
Called. Beloved. Kept. That is what our God called us. That is who we are.
Remember. Remember, and forget not..
Questions to Think About:
- How does the God who resides in the mundane get your attention ?
- How has this thought affected your prayer life, if at all?
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