6 Ways the Practice of Remembering Offers Rest
Throughout Scripture, the Lord tells His people “to remember” over and over again. And they needed to be reminded again and again because they kept forgetting who God is and what He had done for them. At one point in the Old Testament they even completely lost the Book of the Law (2 Kings 22).
His people haven’t changed much. We still forget, but like the good Father that He is, He keeps reminding us to not forget. When we make the practice of remembering an active part of our lives, we can live our lives from a place of rest.
6 Ways Rest Is Found in the Remembering
When you remember how He rescued you in the past, you can rest with assurance that He will make a way again.
When you remember how He provided for you in the past, you can rest with confidence that He will continue to take care of your needs.
When you remember how He carried you through grief and suffering, you can rest in peace knowing that His arms are always open for you.
When you remember that He created the flowers to follow the winter, you can rest with expectant hope that He has not abandoned you to your current season (no matter how stark and barren).
When you remember how He sacrificed His Son, you can rest with conviction that Jesus’ death offers eternal atonement for your sins.
When you remember His Resurrection, you can rest with joy knowing that in the end LIFE and LIGHT and LOVE can not be defeated.
Remembering Is a Choice
Yes! Rest can be found in the remembering. But. You must make the choice to remember. The world would have you forget. Your flesh tries to keep your focus on your present circumstances and not on God’s big picture of RESCUE and REDEMPTION and REST.
You can choose to forget or you can choose to remember. Only one choice leads to rest and peace. How are you remembering?
“I will remember the deeds of the LORD; yes, I will remember your miracles of long ago.” -Psalms 77:11
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