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Roll back the curtain of memory now and then
Show me where you brought me from and
Where I could have been
Just remember I’m human and humans forget
So remind me, remind me dear Lord

O ne of the problems Christians face is the tendency to often “forget’ God and their relationship with Him. In our world there are so many distractions, things to do, places to go and struggles to overcome. The challenge is to continually remember that God is with us everywhere we go and whatever we do or think. The cliché is that when one is old, there is a tendency to forget – senior moments. However, in Ecclesiastes King Solomon exhorts the readers to remember God, especially when young – Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of trouble come and the years approach when you will say, “I find no pleasure in them” (Ecclesiastes 12:1).

God knows that people are prone to forgetfulness and He established various ways to cause His people to remember Him. God gave to Moses the Ten Commandments and the Torah so that they will be taught to always remember Him (read Deuteronomy 6).. The Israelites observe festivals in order to remember God. The Passover reminds the Jews of the major event in their history – the day when God intervened in their lives and freed them from slavery and bondage in Egypt. They escaped suffering and slavery through the powerful hand of God and were freed to serve the LORD. Israel also observes the Sabbath which was prescribed as a day of rest and worship.

For Christians, Jesus instituted the Lord’s Supper in the New Testament as a remem-brance feast. “For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night He was betrayed, took bread, and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, ‘This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me.’ In the same way, after supper He took the cup, saying, ‘This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me’” (1 Corinthians 11:23-25). Christians are called remember that Jesus was crucified on the cross for their sins and He rose victorious from death on the third day. More than just looking back to the cross, Christians remember by looking forward to Jesus’ Second Coming.