- 87. Remembered, Not Forgotten
Isaiah 44:21 Remember these, O Jacob and Israel; for thou art my servant: I have formed thee; thou art my servant: O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of me.
The Lord says, “Remember Me and My promises, because I will never forget you.” God is referring to His Servant, the Messiah, and to His people, the Church, and also to each individual believer. Jesus is the Servant, who has come to serve us with forgiveness and life. The Church is one with Jesus and she also is a Servant to the people within and without the Church. And finally, I am a servant, who serves God by serving others. Jesus serves us; the Church serves us with the Gospel; we serve others with the Gospel and with our lives, when we lay down our own lives for the benefit of others, when we set aside our own interests for the needs of others, when we love our neighbors as ourselves.
When we serve others we might ask, “Who will take care of me?” The answer, of course, is God and others, as God uses others to serve our needs. We trust Him to remember us and our needs; He will not forget to take care of us. He knows what we need and He promises to meet those needs. No matter how alone and helpless we may feel we are never forgotten. He will supply all my needs according to the riches of His glory in Christ Jesus.
We, in our humanness, forget things, and in our selfishness, we forget the needs of other people and so we often can’t put them first. But God does not forget us or our needs. He promises to be there and meet every need. If we can believe His promises everything will run smoothly. Everyone gets served and no one is forgotten.
Thank God He remembers me and will never forget me. He remembers only the good things, which He gives to us; and He forgets the bad things, all the sins that He remembers no more. Thank God that He remembers what we forgot, and He forgets what we remembered. We often remember the wrong things and we forget the right things. For this reason God gives the Gospel to remind us often what should be remembered and what should be forgotten. You will never be forgotten.