He Hath Remembered

He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations (Psalms 105:8)

God hath remembered; that is, in some sense, what He has promised, the psalmist has experienced.

And what does He remember, not your words, not the popular but pseudo ideal of name it-claim it, blab it-grab it, call it-haul it, but He remembered “His word!” That which He spoke! He spoke it to Abraham, and to Isaac, and to Jacob. He did not first speak to David, yet He spoke concerning David, before David was. And He spoke it, inscribed it, preserved it, to reveal it, to David when he arrived.

Yet, He did speak to the psalmist, there at his daddy’s house; concerning His portion of the promise, David’s place: the throne of Israel. Just so he could experience God for himself, and partake in the promise. so he could say, “He hath remembered!”

And I have found it necessary in my own life to be careful what I promise to my children, for they will call to my remembrance that which I may have said perhaps casually and passively. However, God never speaks in vain; He never says anything as a matter of momentary appeasement.

And what He says to you is both personal and impersonal. Yes what He says is about you, yet it is at the same time about every one of those who are His. What He says to you in a personable way is yet so universal as the speak to a thousand generations.

Isn’t that something, God’s plan for you is bigger than you, than your immediate family, than your extended family, than your offspring to the third and forth generation; in fact He is bigger than the beginning and the ending. He controls all the events of history. And this is the kind of God you need if He is to remember His covenant to you: general enough to be particular, particular enough to be general.

There are those persons: mom, dad, sister, brother, and even dear friends who have made promises with the greatest intention and determination to fulfill every word, only to be thwarted by a bed of affliction or hindered by a meeting with death. They promised without their own finitude, limitations, and contingencies in view, blind to life’s fading tomorrow and forgetful of the emergencies of yesterday.

Yet in your every right-now moment God is presently in the bitterness of your long nights and in the sweetness of your bright mornings. There is no obstruction to His view of tomorrow; there are not any emergencies to interrupt His course, nothing to break His promise. When you arrive at your long awaited place of resolve, in retrospect, you will realize that He has not forgotten what He said concerning you.