What Do You Remember?

        The word “remember” occurs some 148 times in the Bible and it is quite interesting to see all of things that we are supposed to remember as they are outlined in the Scriptures. I was speaking with a gentleman recently about my memories as a child and what was the first thing that I remembered. It is something to notice that those memories are still in my head and I can recall the same scene over and over again. Those are all old memories. The difficulty these days is trying to remember the things of today. My phone has to remind me of my appointments and hopefully I wrote them down in my phone in the first place. That is one of the differences between short term memories and long term memories. Psalm 20:7 says, “ Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.”

        In all of the things that God “reminds” us to remember, this is one that is good for all of us to think about. When we think about the name of the LORD, what do we think about? I recall one study where over a hundred names were associated with the Lord Jesus Christ. Each one of those names gave us something special to hang onto in regard to the things that the Lord Jesus Christ does for us. The seven “I Am's” of John show us just a few of those things. Truly He is the Light and the Shepherd and the Resurrection and the Life. He is also our Advocate. He is the Lily of the Valley. Revelation calls Him the Bright and Morning Star. These are all things that we need to remember and things that we have learned for years from the Bible. Right at the head of the list is the name that we often call Him, Jesus, the Christ, my Savior. We might ask ourselves, what is it that makes a good memory and how do we make them? A good memory is going to be something that we experience and that has an impact on our lives. I remember that telephone pole that was split in two by a strike of lightning. I remember my two strokes and what I was doing when each of them occurred. I remember the day I met my wife for the first time. I remember seeing both my Father and my Mother in caskets at the funeral home ten years apart. I remember riding a hay rake with no seat belt and hanging on for dear life. I remember the day I came to make a personal profession of faith in Chattanooga, Tennessee at the foot of the bed in a motel called, “The King's Inn.” Then, we grow in the Lord as we read His Word and suddenly the names begin to give us hope in a world that is void of any kind of hope. His names give us peace when there is no peace in the world. His names show us love and give us love in a world that is dominated by hate. What do you remember about the Lord Jesus Christ? We can only remember what we read in His book. Praise God today for the fact of Him being the Center of our memories for this life and the life to come.