Title: Remember the Lord
Contents
Remember Jehovah
Deuteronomy 8:11-20
Precious memories of the past make the foundation for our lives today.
The more clearly we remember what we need to remember, the richer our life today.
Today's text is a part of Moses' testamental sermon to the Israelites. Now he is going to die on the east side of the Jordan River. The Israelites, whom he has led so far, will cross the Jordan River and enter the promised land of Canaan. So, finally, there is something I must tell them.
Deuteronomy is the collection of them.
If I could summarize today's text in one word, it would be "remember". It is to remember God even when you enter the land of Canaan. Because remembering Jehovah will be a strong spiritual foundation for their lives in the land of Canaan in the future. Because remembering Jehovah will enrich their lives in the future.
Verse 11 says, “Be careful not to forget the Lord your God.”
Perhaps the people who were listening to these words at the time asked what they were talking about.
There's nothing else to forget. How can we forget the Lord our God?
They have lived subhuman lives as slaves in Egypt for the past 430 years. By God's amazing grace, he left Egypt and became a free man. We saw the 10 plagues that fell on the land of Egypt.
He also experienced the parting of the Red Sea.
The fact that they were freed by God because of the Exodus seemed truly unforgettable.
I have been living in the wilderness for the past 40 years. Many of those people with over 600,000 men and women lived on the manna that fell every morning. During the day, the scorching sun was blocked by a pillar of cloud.
He made it possible to overcome the cold of the desert wind that blows at night with a pillar of fire.
It seemed that they could never forget that they were able to live in the wilderness because of God.
This is what Moses is emphasizing now. “Remember the Lord your God” Why are we stressing that we should never forget something we will never forget?
Because you can forget facts you shouldn't forget.
As I watch this event, I can understand why Moses put so much emphasis on us not to forget this seemingly unforgettable fact. In a word, we humans are creatures of oblivion.
It is because he is a human being who lives forgetting things that should not be forgotten as time goes by.
That is why the saying that humans are animals of oblivion comes from Greek mythology.
The word lethe comes from Greek mythology. It means “river of oblivion”.
The Greeks say that this Lete is one of the five livers of the underworld, and when people die, they cross this river.
But the problem is that even before we die, we live in oblivion.
What's worse is that we forget things we shouldn't forget.
That's right. Even if we forget everything else, there are some things we should never forget. Even if you never drink the river water of Lethe, there is something you must never forget. It is God. His great grace.
So, what can we do to remember Jehovah God without forgetting it?
First, we must always think of God.
In today's text, verse 11 tells us to work hard not to forget.
If you leave it alone, you will forget it. So you have to try hard not to forget.
In psychology, human memory is divided into three categories.
The first is sensory memory. It refers to what you hear, see, and stay in your head for a while.
The dwell time is less than 1 second. It means seeing and passing.
The second is short-term memory. A memory that stays there for about 15-20 seconds.
It is the memory of hearing someone's phone number and then forgetting it if you don't write it down.
Third is long-term memory. Organs in the head are, in some cases, permanent memories.
However, the problem is that if this long-term memory is not reproduced, it will flow into the river of oblivion.
According to a study by Irving House, 47% of the contents stored in our long-term memory disappear after 20 minutes, 66% after 2 days, 75% after 6 days, and 80% after 20 days.
So, in order for these long-term memories to remain in our heads, we have to regenerate them.
If you remember it over and over again, that memory will stay with you forever.
That's right. In order to remember God, we need to replay that memory over and over again. In order for the memory of God to remain as a living memory in our heads, we must always renew it.
The best way to relive your memories of God is thanks.
The word “thank” in English comes from think, which means thought.
If you think deeply about that grace, you will automatically have a heart of gratitude and act gratefully.
There was an old man on the beach in Boston, USA, feeding the seagulls at the same time every day.
They also gave away expensive shrimp. The seagulls also flock in pitch black around that time.
It became a sensation.
People asked the old man why. This is the old man's story.
He served in World War II, and was a navy admiral who commanded the ship at the time.
The Germans fired a torpedo and the ship sank, barely getting into a lifeboat.
While fighting the scorching sun and starvation, his men were dying one by one, and he himself fainted and collapsed.
Then there stood a faint object in front of his face, which was a seagull. The seagull did not run away, but stood in front of him. The moment I caught the seagull, I dropped the shrimp it was holding in my mouth.
So I was able to survive for a few more hours, and then I found an island and was able to live.
After that, after being retired, he gave food to the seagulls on this beach and lived in gratitude to God and the seagulls who sent them every day.
That's right. Those who are grateful live thinking of God. Those who live by thinking of God can remember God. Those who remember God can always live a life of walking with God.
Dear all! Thank you always and please buy.
Second, we must always acknowledge God.
Verse 17 says, “And I fear that you will say in your heart, ‘By my might and the strength of my hand I have obtained this riches’.” When the Israelites were having a hard time living in the wilderness, they remembered God, thanked God, and depended on God to live.
However, they are afraid that they will forget God when God blesses them and they enter the land of Canaan and live well there.
They are afraid that they will think that they are living a good life on their own.
According to research by missiologists, there is a close relationship between national income and religion in countries where the Christian faith has been revived. In general, education tax increases sharply until the national income is around $5,000.
Then, when the national income exceeds $5,000, the rate of increase slows down.
Then, when the national income exceeds $10,000, a downward curve is drawn.
In the case of Korea, education also increased rapidly until the 1980s. Then in the 1990s, it started to stagnate, and now it is drawing an overall downward curve. In general, it can be said that this trend is consistent.
Why? When life is difficult, we completely depend on God. Because they think it's impossible on their own. But as you get older, it changes. You can do anything on your own.
You don't really need God's help. Then, if you live a better life, you don't even need God.
Rather, it's just annoying. It's because there are a lot of regulations that tell people not to do things like this.
So we are getting further and further away from God.
That's right. In a way, it is easy for us to believe in God in the midst of hardships and life's crises.
Because there is no other way than God. In a situation where everything turns out to be all right and I can do everything on my own, it is difficult to believe in God in a way.
Because everything will work out without praying to God.
So, people who have good faith are people who live a good life of faith when they are living well.
When everything goes well, he is a person who lives a good life of faith.
“Creation of Heaven and Earth” is usually cited as the most masterpiece of composer Haydn’s work. I was inspired to write this song while praying while reading the Bible Genesis and John Milton's Paradise Lost.
One time I got to perform this song in Vienna. I got sick that day, so I had to sit at the back of the audience. At the end of the performance, the audience, who was deeply moved, gave the conductor a standing ovation.
It was at this time that the conductor introduced the composer Haydn. Applause from the audience poured on Haydn.
Then Haydn interrupted the audience and shouted “no”.
And he pointed to the sky and said that famous saying.
“I am nothing. He is everything. All of this comes from heaven.
The Lord has given me wisdom. Glory to Him alone”
Haydn was the greatest composer of his time. No one doubted his talent. You could be proud of yourself. But he thoroughly glorified God. acknowledged God.
Dear all! Give glory to God. Acknowledge that you are today because He was there and He helped you. Do it more when it's going well.
Today we must remember Jehovah our God. We must not forget that we are today because of him. We should always think of him and thank him for the grace he has bestowed upon us. And when people pay attention to me, I should give glory to God even more.
Then God pays attention to us. We are with you with greater grace.