Wednesday, April 19, 2017

Remember Me in light of Who You Are

June 13, 2016
Worship: God of My Everything by Bebo Norman
Oh, God of heaven come and hem me in
Gather the pieces that are broken
Show me the wonder of You again
Oh, God of heaven

God of my hope, God of my need
God of my pain that no one else will ever see
God of my healing, God of my strength
God who has always and will forever reign
God of my everything

In all creation You call my name
In all the beauty that this world displays
Still I'm the one for whom Your heart aches
In all creation

God of my hope, God of my need
God of my pain that no one else will ever see
God of my healing, God of my strength
God who has always and will forever reign
God of my everything
God of my everything

And when the mountains shake
You are my God, You never change
And when the earth gives way
You are still God, You never change

God of my hope, God of my need
God of my pain that no one else will ever see
God of my healing, God of my strength
God who has always and will forever reign
God of my everything

God of my everything
God of my everything
God of my everything

Songwriters
INGRAM, JASON / NORMAN, BEBO
Published by
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group

Witness:
Pain pervades my life. I just turned 60 last month. My body does not work as well as it used to. My joints ache and my right leg is stiff. I find it more difficult to run and the same leg hurts when I drive the car. I feel tired all the time and pain pops up from time in different parts of my body. I take vitamins and supplements to help counteract the pain and to keep my heart and joints etc. “healthier”. I try to eat healthy foods and buy more organic versions of various foods. I use organic milk on my oatmeal, which I eat every day, and drink organic grape juice. I realize I am only slowing down the inevitable. We all grow old and we all die. Yet I know one day this mortal body of mine will hear the upward call of my Savior and be raised immortal and be reunited with my immortal spirit which has gone to be with my Savior in heaven. If the Lord tarries and I die before His return to reign here on earth for 1000 years (my apologies to anyone reading this who is amillennial or post-millennial) I know I will go to be with Him in heaven though my body lies in the grave awaiting the voice of my Savior to call it forth at the resurrection at His second coming (whether that be pre-trib or post-trib I am not sure). That is my hope, and hope in scripture is not the weak doubtful hope of today. It is the robust confident expectation of something promised by God that has yet to come to pass, yet we know it will in His time and by His sovereign hand.

Therefore, we are always confident and know that as long as we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord. We live by faith, not by sight. We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord. So we make it our goal to please him, whether we are at home in the body or away from it. 2 Cor 5:6-9 NIV
I declare to you, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed— in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality. When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: "Death has been swallowed up in victory."
"Where, O death, is your victory?
             Where, O death, is your sting?"
The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain. 1 Cor 15:50-58
NIVWORD:
Ps 25:6-7
6 Remember, O LORD, your great mercy and love,
for they are from of old.
7 Remember not the sins of my youth
and my rebellious ways;
according to your love remember me,
for you are good, O Lord.
NIV
Ps 25:6-7

6 Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they have been ever of old.

7 Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness' sake, O Lord.
KJV
Ps 25:6-7
6 Remember, O LORD, your compassion and unfailing love,
which you have shown from long ages past.
7 Do not remember the rebellious sins of my youth.
Remember me in the light of your unfailing love,
for you are merciful, O Lord.
Holy Bible, New Living Translation ®, copyright © 1996, 2004 by Tyndale Charitable Trust. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.
Ps 25:6-7

6 Remember your mercy, O LORD, and your steadfast love,
 for they have been from of old.
7 Remember not the sins of my youth or my transgressions;
according to your steadfast love remember me,
for the sake of your goodness, O Lord!
ESV
III. Remember Me in light of Who You Are
David concludes this portion of the prayer by summing up what he had said in verse 6 and the first part of 7. In verse 6 he speaks concerning God – “your great love and mercy.” In 7a he speaks concerning himself – “sins of my youth and my rebellious ways.” Now he sums it all up by speaking of God - “your steadfast love…your goodness” and  himself – “remember Thou me.” All these joined together by the thrice repeated word “remember”.
As I said before, God knows everything and He can never forget anything. I pointed out that sometimes we may feel like God has forgotten us so we are calling on God to focus on our plight or request and we are asking Him to take action. I think this excerpt from the TWOT is helpful in summing up the meaning of ‘remember’ in this passage.
           When God is challenged to "remember" the meaning is better taken as 
           "pay attention to" since nothing ever escapes God's omniscience (Ps 89:48 ).
And
Numerous passages add to the above meanings the additional implication of taking appropriate action. God's remembrance of his covenant results in delivering his people (Ex 2:24) or in preserving them (Lev 26:44,45). Conversely, remembering sin may be tantamount to withholding favor (Hos 7:1-2). Remembering Hezekiah's past faithfulness resulted in healing (2 Kings 20:3), and remembering Noah was to make the waters to subside (Gen 8:1). For God not to remember iniquity was to forgive and to withhold further judgment (Ps 79:8-9). 
(from Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament. Copyright © 1980 by The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago. All rights reserved. Used by permission.)
So David is, in essence, asking for God to act with mercy and not the justice he deserves. David recognizes the immensity of his sinfulness and knows it can only be forgiven and “forgotten” by the infinite and inexhaustibly immense “steadfast love” of God who always acts with “goodness” towards His people. David could only look forward to the promise foretold by the scripture and in the daily sacrifices as well as the day of atonement. The promise of a Savior who would be the sacrifice for the forgiveness of our sins. Praise be to God for His indescribable gift through the cross and the shed blood of Jesus Christ my Savior. As I paused to think about this in wonder of how great our God is, the words to a song that was playing declared “how great is our God”. I stopped and worshiped and clapped my hands in awe for God’s echoing confirmation. Glory be to my Lord and Savior!
The splendor of the King
Clothed in majesty
Let all the earth rejoice
All the earth rejoice

He wraps Himself in light
And darkness tries to hide
It trembles at His voice
Trembles at His voice

How great is our God, sing with me
How great is our God and all will see
How great, how great is our God

Age to age, He stands
And time is in His hands
Beginning and the end
Beginning and the end

The Godhead Three in One
Father, Spirit, Son
Lion and the Lamb
Lion and the Lamb

How great is our God, sing with me
How great is our God and all will see
How great, how great is our God

(How great is our God, sing with me)
Name above all names
(How great is our God and all will see)
Worthy of our praise
(How great, how great is our God)
My heart will sing
How great is our God

How great is our God, sing with me
How great is our God and all will see
How great, how great is our God

Songwriters
CHRIS TOMLIN, CHRISTOPHER DWAYNE TOMLIN, ED CASH, JESSE REEVES
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Lyrics © MUSIC SERVICES, INC.

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