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O Lord, Remember

(Is38:1-5; Mt10:40-42)

God is omniscient.

He knows all things and

Remembers even the smallest thing.

Faith is acknowledging Him and

The life of this faith is putting effort to leave behind a remembrance with the Lord.

A remembrance refers to a good memory of the past where

One was shown from another an act of good will, kindness, love, sacrifice, rescue etc.

Thus, they try to pay back in a time of need or come to rescue from a crisis

Whether the person directly or their loved ones.

Accordingly, a "successful life would be leaving behind a good memory for many people

While a "failed life would be not being remembered by anyone.

Deceived by the serpent, the devil, Adam sinned and was banished (Ge3:6), and

The Garden became shielded by a flaming sword (Ge3:24) for

God would no longer look after him.

Abraham, the father of faith, however,

Showed kindness to the Lord who came to his tent (Ge18:3-10) and

Further, by giving his only son to God (Ge22:12),

He was remembered for generation after generation.

Because God remembered Abraham,

He sen Lot out of the midst of the overthrow

When He overthrew the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah (Ge19:29), and

Later on delivered his descendants, the Israelites,

From their slavery of 400 years in Egypt (Ex2:23-25).

The king David showed kindness to the lame man, Mephibosheth, who

Considered himself as good as a dead dog, and

Let him eat at his table always

For the sake of his father Jonathan (2Sa9:7-8).

Though he was told that he was going to die without recovering

The king Hezekiah lived 15 years longer for

God remembered how he did what was right in His eyes

In faithfulness and with a whole heart (2Ki18:3-8; Is38:3).

Though for their sake, God looked after the people of Israel and

The sanctuary where the name for the Lord God was a reminder of it,

Such remembrance, however, could not endure (Ecc1:11, 2:16).

Jesus said, "Destroy this temple and I will raise it in three days (Jn2:19),

Because through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body,

He would redeem the sins of all men for

God remembered the oath that He made (Mi7:18-20; Lk1:68-72).

As He died, Jesus said, "It is finished (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Through His death completed the work that the Father would remember forever and repay Him (Jn10:17-18, 12:49-50);
2) Condemned the devil who caused man to forget God (Ge3:4; 1Jn3:8); and
3) Tore His flesh and spilled HIs blood and looked after sinners (Lk1:68).

The Father raised Him up and lifted Him up to heaven, and

He is the Lamb upon the throne (Rev5:6).

The Holy Spirit came to those who received the name Yeshua (Jn1:12), and

Lets them eternally remember His blood (Jn14:26).

The man of the Spirit is he who

Puts effort to leave behind

An eternal remembrance with the Lord and His body, the church,

By doing to one of the little ones (Mt10:40-42, 25:31-46)

What is right in His eyes in faithfulness and with a whole heart (Is38:3), for

The Lord will surely save him and his household in times of need on earth and

Finally in the last day from the burning universe when the world is overthrown (Mt25:46)

O Lord,

Even if I do not leave behind any good memory

With my parents, spouse, siblings, friends¦

Let a dead dog such as I leave behind a remembrance with the church! Amen.