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NISAN 3

Remember

 

“REMEMBER the days of old. Consider the years of many generations. Ask your father, and he will show you; your elders, and they will tell you.” (Deu 32:7 WEBA, emphasis mine)

 

When I was first introduced to the internet, it did not take me long to appreciate the function of the ‘bookmark bar’. Nowadays, my ‘bookmark bar’ has six separate folders – or categories – making it that much easier to find what I need, and from where.  I leave it to my bookmarks to ‘remember’ exactly where each link is, and I appreciate how quickly it is available.

There are those occasions when it IS a good thing to remember events from the past, to remember the journey, the route we have taken to reach the place where we are today.  When we find ourselves in the middle of a spiritually dry season, we need to encourage ourselves, as King David did (see 1Sam 30:6) and rehearse the times in the past when our Creator was faithful.  To remember how Elohim Avinu, Elohim our Father, stood by us in the times of trouble, how He delivered us from the snare of the fowler (Ps 91:3), how He healed us, comforted us, and walked with us through “the valley of the shadow of death” (Ps 23) - these will always be a source of encouragement to us.

One of the definitions that Noah Webster uses to define the word ‘remember’ is “to preserve the memory of; to preserve from being forgotten”[1].  Yes, most of us have events, circumstances and situations from our past that we would just as soon NOT remember, myself included.  However, when we choose to focus on the good memories, ‘to preserve them from being forgotten’, they are a source of happiness that can be shared. 

We need to speak to each other of these things – this is what ‘test-imonies’ are – and as we rehearse and recount the many victories we have had in our walk with our Creator, our faith increases, from faith to faith.  Praise will rise and become a sweet aroma in the nostrils of our Father and King.  Our Elohim is enthroned on the praises of His people, Yisra’el (Ps 22:3), and He is a rewarder of those who earnestly seek Him (Heb 11:6).  He is the El-Shaddai, the All-Sufficient, All-Mighty One, the One who is more than enough. (Gen 17:1).

 

“I REMEMBER the deeds of Yah, For I REMEMBER Your wonders of old.”  (Ps 77:11 ISR, emphasis mine)

“So REMEMBER what you have received and heard—keep it, and repent. If you will not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come upon you.” (Rev 3:3 TLV, emphasis mine)

 

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[1] American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828