The Memory

  What do you remember?  I might ask the question a different way, “How well do you remember what is going on in your life? People often talk about their memory and refer to as two different parts.  There is the long term memory and the short term memory.  The part of the memory that is labeled as "short term" involves such things as where you put your keys about 2 minutes ago.  This is the one that often fails and causes us much concern.  The long term memory seems to be there for the most part.  That is, we can remember things that stand out in our minds from many years ago.  I can remember things about my childhood, my days in school, even the one room school. I can remember my life in the Navy and with A. T. and T. Company. My short time memory however, seems to be fading at times as I forget those things that are taking place right now and it seems that I am easily distracted. The Scripture speaks about our memory when it challenges us to remember certain things.  Second Peter 1:12-15 says, "Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth.  Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance;  Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.  Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance."  

          It does us good to remember certain spiritual things that have taken place in our lives.  Our short term memory will have a tendency to lose things if we do not purposely remember them.  It is good to remember every aspect of our salvation.  It is good to remember the Gospel message and how Christ died on the cross for our sins and it is good to remember how we came to know Him as our Lord and Savior.  It is good to remember how we were before we were saved and then how we came to hear the gospel message in the first place.  Then, it is good to remember how we were after our salvation experience and the changes that God made in our lives.  It is good to also remember how God has worked in our lives from the beginning of them all the way up to today.  You see, the remembering about your salvation becomes you own personal testimony that you can share with anyone that comes across your path. We will soon realize that God does have a wonderful plan for each and everyone of us and that He is actively working in our lives.  So, remember what God has done for you and then go on to Praise Him for His working in your life today.