“God Won’t Forget You”

Can you tell me who won the last three Super Bowls? Unless it was your favorite team in all three, you might struggle with an answer. Memories blur together. Only sports nerds obsess over the record books while the rest of us just plan to enjoy this year's game.  I’m glad that God's memory is better than mine. He tracks the rise and fall of nations, the growth and decline of cities, the rising and falling of population and wealth. He monitors rainfall and snowfall, remembering to keep the seasons in the rhythms He promised to Noah.

But most important of all, our Heavenly Father remembers every one of the promise that He’s made over the centuries. Not one will fail. Not a word will fall to the ground.  “The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is Thy faithfulness” (Lam. 3:22-23).  When the priest Zechariah's tongue was finally loosed after his forced nine-month silence, he burst into praise to his God who had come "to show mercy to our fathers and to remember his holy covenant, the oath he swore to our father Abraham: to rescue us from the hand of our enemies, and to enable us to serve him without fear" (Luke 1:72-74).

God's infallible memory will ensure that He remembers to show mercy to you as well in and through the death and resurrection of His Son, our Savior Jesus Christ. His memories of His baptismal covenant with you are vivid, and you too can serve him without fear. He will never forget you.  The Lord says through the prophet Isaiah, “But now thus says the Lord, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you. For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior” (Isaiah 43:1-3a).