Remembering...

“Why have you rejected us forever, O God…Remember the people you purchased…” Psalm 74:1-2

On the surface this psalm seems to infer that God has forgotten His children. David’s plea goes much deeper than trying to jog God’s memory. In the Bible ‘to remember’ is to express concern for someone followed up with an act of loving care. When the Bible refers to God remembering someone or something, we are about to see a mighty act of God occur.

Gen 8:1 – ‘But God remembered Noah…and he sent a wind over the earth.’

Gen 9:15 – ‘I will remember my covenant between me and you…I never again will destroy…’

Ex. 2:24, 3:8 – ‘God heard their groaning and remembered his covenant… ‘So, I have come down to rescue…’

What David was basically pleading throughout this entire chapter was for God to do something…anything! He was despairingly reminiscing about all of the ways God ‘remembered’ His children in the past by reciting His mighty works and wonders. In Psalm 98 and 136 David is singing praises to God of how He has remembered His children and has been faithful. ‘…to the One who remembered us in our lowly state’, ‘He has remembered His love and His faithfulness.’ David's plea reminds me of a Christian song, 'Lord, move or move me!'

Wherever you are and whatever your circumstances, God will remember you and will move Heaven and earth to deliver you from your circumstances. It is not a matter of will He? but a matter of He will!

Will you remember Him?