Driving
Suppose you learn how to drive a car. You spend weeks studying the rules of the road. You also spend months practicing, to make sure you knew how to coordinate looking ahead, keeping track of your speed, looking in your mirrors, and many other aspects of driving.
Then, suppose you never think about it again, until one day, 30 years later, you decide to drive. That probably wouldn’t work out so well.
In the Old Testament, the book of Deuteronomy documents Moses reminding the Israelites about what God had already told them. The word, “Deuteronomy” means “second law.” Just like with driving, we need to keep reminding ourselves about what God has said. We also need to keep practicing what He has said; otherwise, it will do us no good.
Love the Lord
4 “Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD is one!
5 “You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.
6 “These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart.
Jesus said that this was the greatest commandment. That’s because it encapsulates everything else. If you love someone intensely, completely, you won’t intentionally do anything to offend them. God wrote and preserved the Bible, so that we would know His words, and keep them close to our hearts.
Meditate
7 You shall teach them diligently to your sons and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise up.
8 “You shall bind them as a sign on your hand and they shall be as frontals on your forehead.
9 “You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.
God was telling the people to think and meditate on His commandments all day long, everyday. He also wanted them to teach their children, even in regular conversation. This should be normal. They were to put them on their hands or foreheads. Moses told them to write them on their gates and doorposts, so they would be reminded every time they came home. Why do we need to be reminded so much? Because we forget!
Lot’s Wife
31 “On that day, the one who is on the housetop and whose goods are in the house must not go down to take them out; and likewise the one who is in the field must not turn back.
32 “Remember Lot’s wife.
Jesus taught His disciples that on the day of tribulation, they had to be willing to leave all of their possessions and let them go. Lot’s wife longed for what she had back in her old life, and she was turned into a pillar of salt. We need to learn from her example. We need to be reminded of it.
All the stories in the Bible were written as examples for us. Jesus wants us to remember all of them.
After Jesus rose from the dead, two angels talked to the women at the grave.
Senses
Luke 24:5-8 (NASB)
5 and as the women were terrified and bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them, “Why do you seek the living One among the dead?
6 “He is not here, but He has risen. Remember how He spoke to you while He was still in Galilee,
7 saying that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.”
8 And they remembered His words,
Jesus had told His disciples and followers that this was going to happen. At first, they did not understand or believe Him. After it happened, they had to be reminded of His words. Now they understood. They remembered.
Spiritual Songs
Colossians 3:16 (NASB)
16 Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God.
We also need to meet together and encourage each other, using wisdom and encouragement, through spiritual songs. In every conversation, prayer, and song, there should be thankfulness in our hearts to God. In other words, we should remind each other of God’s goodness. This also helps remind us that we’re not alone in this walk with Jesus.
Words of the Apostles
17 But you, beloved, ought to remember the words that were spoken beforehand by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ,
Of course, the only way we can remember the words of the apostles and Jesus is if we have read them. When I first got saved, I loved reading the Bible so much that I wanted to take my time. I didn’t want to read the whole thing and then be finished; I wanted it to last longer. Now, I understand that it just keeps getting better every time I read it. God speaks to me every day through reading His word, the Bible. It helps me remember Who He is.
Doers
22 But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves.
Keep in mind that we need to do the actions, not just hear the words. Walls can hear the words, but they won’t do anything about them.
God wants us to hear, remember, and do.
Last Supper
Luke 22:19-20 (NASB)
19 And when He had taken some bread and given thanks, He broke it and gave it to them, saying, “This is My body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”
20 And in the same way He took the cup after they had eaten, saying, “This cup which is poured out for you is the new covenant in My blood.
Jesus wants us to remember His sacrifice for us so much that He told us to remember this every time we celebrate with communion. The bread and drink that He gave them symbolized the very real sacrifice that He was about to make. He died so we could be freed from our sins. His body took on our pain, so we would not have to endure it. Through his blood, we are washed clean.
Encourage others and yourself. Remember all that God has done and given to us.
Remember Him.
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