Remember the law of my servant Moses, the statutes and rules that I commanded him at Horeb for all Israel.
Remember the Alamo. By this time, the phrase is known but the Alamo is forgotten. To those who remembered it, forgetting would be hard. In 1836, the Alamo, a fort, was overrun by the Mexican army and 200 people were killed inside, including Davy Crockett. Remembering meant revenge. Malachi wrote to the priests and people of Jerusalem to remember the law God gave to Moses at Horeb. Those that saw it would remember it always but by this time, people had forgotten the law and lived as they pleased. They oppressed the poor and skimped in their offerings to God. At the Alamo in the 1800’s, remembering meant revenge. In America after 9/11, remembering meant remorse and mourning. In Jerusalem in the 5th century BC, remembering meant repentance and return.
We should take time to remember a pivotal day in our life today; the day when Jesus Christ overran our sinful defenses and demanded absolute surrender. Our emotions should be other than revenge. Rather, we should feel remorse, mourning, repentance, and rejoicing. My remembrance day is on July 23rd(?) in my soda truck reading Acts 7 on my lunch break. What is yours? Let us meditate on that day on this day as we eagerly await that day when Jesus returns. Until that day, let us recount the day to someone so they can have their day.
Dear Lord, thank you for this day you have made, for the day you made us yours, and for the day you will return. Help us to remember the day you made us aware of that day. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
Pastor Brad Boyer
Cape Community Church