Remind Me

The Israelites’ sins were apparent—but God asked the people to remind Him of their transgressions and offered them the opportunity to prove He had unjustly judged them. “Put Me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified” (Isaiah 43:26)—God needed no reminding, naming their sins before they uttered a word. The prominent rulers, religious leaders, to the least of the people, all guilty.

Life situations (and our sins) can muddle our thinking, even shake us to the core of our being. Those are opportune moments for us to put God in remembrance of His written Word—not that He ever forgets anything He says. But as we audibly or silently remind Him of promises we lean on and cling to, sometimes praying them back to Him, we are reaffirmed of the truths as we speak. God is always faithful, impartial, and deals rightly with all people. We are sometimes boggled by what He allows, but God knows what He's doing even when we don’t understand His strategy.