I WILL REMEMBER THE DEEDS OF THE LORD
Psalm 76 and 77
Then I thought, “To this I will appeal: the years when the Most High stretched out his right hand. I will remember the deeds of the Lord; yes, I will remember your miracles of long ago. I will consider all your works and meditate on all your mighty deeds.”
In Joshua 4, we are told that after crossing over the Jordan, Joshua set up a memorial with 12 stones collected from the Jordan riverbed as a tool to help Israel to never forget how God had powerfully brought them into the Promised Land.
Especially in the Old Testament, altars were set up and places were given names to preserve the memory of encounters with God. The bible was written so that man does not forget God’s revelations and Deuteronomy 6 Moses told the Israelites to ensure that they remember God’s commands—“Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates”.
God knows we forget and in dark days when we question “Will the Lord reject forever? Will he never show his favor again? Has his unfailing love vanished forever? Has his promise failed for all time? Has God forgotten to be merciful? Has he in anger withheld his compassion” we need to remember who he is. On good days we need to store up our memories of God, we need, not only to remind ourselves, but also to share with others in your family or community so that God stands firm and true even though we do not see his footprints.
“It is you alone who are to be feared. Who can stand before you when you are angry? From heaven you pronounced judgment, and the land feared and was quiet— when you, God, rose up to judge, to save all the afflicted of the land.”