Remembering To Remember - Part 1 of 2
How do you remember what you're supposed to remember? If you're like me, you have lists everywhere, you put reminders all around you, you make a plan to help you remember what you should remember. It's a good idea for us to build spiritual reminders into our lives as well.
I noticed an interesting passage in Numbers 15 recently. Moses said to the people, "Throughout the generations to come you are to make tassels on the corners of your garments, with a blue cord on each tassel. You will have these tassels to look at and so you will remember all the commands of the Lord, that you may obey them and not prostitute yourselves by going after the lusts of your own hearts and eyes. Then you will remember to obey all my commands and will be consecrated to your God.."
There are many places in Scripture where God instituted rituals and customs for the purpose of helping people to remember. If you've ever seen a very orthodox Jew, you'll notice that they still have these tassels hanging down from their shirts. That was started by Moses so that they would remember and not be misled by their own sinful hearts.
Now, ask yourself this question: Has your spiritual life been slipping lately? Do you find that you're not doing what you should do, not living the way you should live? Well, chances are pretty good that you haven't built any reminders into your life to help you remember.
I can tell you from personal experience that not only does the aging process take away your memory, but if you're a Christian, you have an enemy, Satan, who's doing everything he can to help you forget what you should remember. And when we forget what we should remember, that's when we start to backslide, we start to disobey, we start to follow our old sinful ways.
Since we're no longer under law, we don't have to wear tassels, but it sure would be smart for us to build some reminders into our lives to help us remember. Jesus gave us a new commandment to observe the Lord's Supper, and the reason for that is so that we'll remember Calvary and all He's done for us.
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