Remembrance is a huge topic for Christians. Mark took us through Luke 24 last night to look at this topic, asking us if we remember all that God has said to us.
In this chapter, we read how the disciples failed to comprehend all that Jesus had taught them prior to his death about the resurrection. It was only when confronted with no body and an angel that the women remembered Jesus’s words. It was only when Jesus expounded the Scriptures to the two disciples on the road to Emmaus that they understood what they had actually just witnessed. Their lives were turned around as a result.
Life, for us, is very much like that long walk to Emmaus. The things of life can get us down and distract us from what God has said to us so that we actually fail to see that Jesus is with us every step of the way. The enemy of our souls has come to steal, to kill and to destroy (John 10:10), but Jesus has come to give us abundant life. We need to be careful to meditate on all that Jesus has said to us and to remember His words, so that we can fulfil His purposes and become all that He wants us to be.
Wes King sings about the day he met the Lord in the song called ‘Remember’:
“Remember
Oh, I never will forget
My Ebeneezer
Is the day You paid my debt”
We need to be careful to remember all that God has done and said. As we focus on His words and deeds, faith is rekindled and we receive the vision and grace to carry on. However impossible it may seem, God is faithful who promised. Keep on remembering and believing!