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A friend said, "At my age, I have to tell the truth. I couldn't remember a lie." Our memory
can be a pretty unreliable faculty, even downright embarrassing. However, we don't
expect God to have such a difficulty. We cannot be shocked when the Bible states, "the
Lord remembered her."
In the Old Testament, "to remember" can mean the same as English speakers do: "drawing to mind something from the past into the present." But it also has a deeper usage in the idiom of the Hebrew people. "To remember" can mean "to take notice of someone" or more than that, "to become actively involved in a person's cause," which is expressed in 1 Samuel.
Our remembering God can mean to obey God, as in the Ten Commandments, "Remember the sabbath day, and keep it holy." Thus "to remember" means "to observe or to commemorate." In Hebrew, when the verb is put into the causative tense it can mean "to worship." When we truly and deeply remember all that God has done for us, we praise and worship God.
This helps us understand how we become involved in Jesus' cause when we worship. On the night when he was betrayed, the Lord "took a loaf of bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, 'This is my body that is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.' "
In the Old Testament, "to remember" can mean the same as English speakers do: "drawing to mind something from the past into the present." But it also has a deeper usage in the idiom of the Hebrew people. "To remember" can mean "to take notice of someone" or more than that, "to become actively involved in a person's cause," which is expressed in 1 Samuel.
Our remembering God can mean to obey God, as in the Ten Commandments, "Remember the sabbath day, and keep it holy." Thus "to remember" means "to observe or to commemorate." In Hebrew, when the verb is put into the causative tense it can mean "to worship." When we truly and deeply remember all that God has done for us, we praise and worship God.
This helps us understand how we become involved in Jesus' cause when we worship. On the night when he was betrayed, the Lord "took a loaf of bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, 'This is my body that is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.' "
