Remember, God Doesn't Forget!

Forgetting is possible for all who can remember, and God is the only exception to this rule.  People are pretty good about remembering important things, yet it is ironic we can forget who is most important:  God!  Jeremiah 2:32 says, "Can a virgin forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? Yet My people have forgotten Me days without number."  It would be unheard of for a bride to forget to wear the dress she prepared to wear on her wedding day.  An aspiring employee would not forget to change out of his pajamas before a crucial interview.  God's people forgot about Him and the injustice of this error is frankly unbelievable.

God said of Zion and her people in Isaiah 49:15, "Can a woman forget her nursing child, and not have compassion on the son of her womb? Surely they may forget, yet I will not forget you."  It is possible for a loving mother to forget her child for a moment or lack compassion at times, but God will not forget His people.  Great consolation and comfort is found in God's remembrance of us, and He needs no reminders because we are always in His sight and in His thoughts.  God never suffers a lapse of concentration or dozes off and loses consciousness of our needs or circumstances.  God knows and He cares even if we forget about Him.

God had not forgotten His people, and He promised not to forget them in the future in Isaiah 44:21-23:  "Remember these, O Jacob, and Israel, for you are My servant; I have formed you, you are My servant; O Israel, you will not be forgotten by Me! ²² I have blotted out, like a thick cloud, your transgressions, and like a cloud, your sins. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you." ²³ Sing, O heavens, for the LORD has done it! Shout, you lower parts of the earth; break forth into singing, you mountains, O forest, and every tree in it! For the LORD has redeemed Jacob, and glorified Himself in Israel."  God bid His people remember they would not be forgotten by Him.  God sent a Saviour Jesus Christ not only to redeem Israel but to seek and save all who come to Him in faith.  God remembers His redeemed, yet according to His justice and grace will remember our sins no more.

Let us not be negligent to thank and praise the LORD for His kindness towards us through Christ Jesus.  We ought to celebrate what Jesus has done and also rejoice in all Jesus is currently doing as He intercedes to the Father on our behalf.  Man is forgetful, but God is not unrighteous to forget our labour of love towards Him and others (Hebrews 6:10).  May your face shine with delight as you rejoice in the remembrance of our God and His faithful love towards you today.