Deuteronomy 32:18 Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee.
“Lest ye forget” is the theme of Moses prophecies in Deuteronomy. He knows sinners and he knows how quickly we can forget God and His grace. God is the Rock of our salvation, of our life, and of our future. We are set upon the Rock where we can trust Him to keep us safe from all enemies that would do us harm and keep us from eternal life. It is so easy to become distracted by the cares of daily living in the world and by the pleasures of the world that we become unmindful of the Lord who bought us and caused us to be born again to a living hope through the gospel.
This unmindful response to God in our life leads us into doubt and misbelief and other great shame and despair. The Word and the Spirit makes us aware of this danger and reminds us through the Gospel of whose we are and of the life we have. Jesus says to Martha, “One thing is needful.” It is listening to Jesus. Constant reminders of God’s love in Christ may appear boring and unnecessarily repetitive, but it is crucial, indeed needful, for humans, who quickly forget the God who created and redeemed them. When we hear the gospel daily and weekly we don’t say, “Oh, I know that.” Instead we say, “Thanks, I need that.” Prevent unmindfulness.
Mindfulness is an “in” word these days, but it is mindfulness of Jesus that is important.