Remember His Wonders
Repeatedly in the Bible the people are called to remember the wonders of the Lord. Memorials were made and names of places were changed to be ever-present reminders of the faithfulness of Yahweh. The Passover was celebrated generation after generation to teach and retell the deliverance of the Israelites out of bondage by the hand of God so that no generation would forget.
“I will remember the deeds of the Lord;
yes, I will remember your wonders of old.
I will ponder all your work,
and meditate on your mighty deeds” (Psalm 77:11-12).
Psalm 77 is a great example of this call to think about the Lord (see also Psalm 143:5). The repetition of the parallel lines in verse 11 underscores the importance that we recall
and remember what the Lord has done. Then in verse 12, we are called to ponder and meditate. The rhetorical force here in this passage is that we are to contemplate deeply, to muse again and again on His wondrous work and grace toward us.
Asaph goes on to elaborate some of awesome and mighty deeds of Yahweh in remainder of this Psalm. Read the whole thing. It is well worth our time to linger there awhile.
In his second letter to Timothy, Paul exhorts his child in the faith to: “ Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, the offspring of David, as preached in my gospel” (2 Timothy 2:8). It is an imperative command for Timothy (and us!) to continually be reminded of and think about and meditate upon his Messiah, the One that rose to life victorious over death, the King! Paul greatly desired that Jesus would always be at the forefront of the mind.
But we so easily forget; we are readily distracted by other things and take our eyes off Christ. The cares of this world then take the dominant position of our minds. And so, we need to constantly fill ourselves with Him and remind ourselves of the good news of Jesus that we would walk increasingly in his grace.
When Jesus gave us the Lord’s supper, He told us to “do this in remembrance of me” (Luke 22:19-20, 1 Corinthians 11:23-26). The bread and the cup are to help us regularly ponder His body broken for us, His blood spilled for our sin, the good news of our salvation in Him. Remember Him! Remember Him!
May we dwell daily on His holiness and goodness as we drink from the clear, deep living waters of Scripture. As we approach the end of another year, perhaps it is also a good time to reflect on our own lives and to be reminded of the faithfulness of the Lord to us throughout 2025. We pray that all remembrance of Christ will enlighten us and increase our hope in Him (Ephesians 1:18) in 2026 and beyond.
Great are the deeds of the One who conquered death and the grave, who brings life eternal to all who believe in Him!
Brian Gates
“I will remember the deeds of the Lord;
yes, I will remember your wonders of old.
I will ponder all your work,
and meditate on your mighty deeds” (Psalm 77:11-12).
Psalm 77 is a great example of this call to think about the Lord (see also Psalm 143:5). The repetition of the parallel lines in verse 11 underscores the importance that we recall
and remember what the Lord has done. Then in verse 12, we are called to ponder and meditate. The rhetorical force here in this passage is that we are to contemplate deeply, to muse again and again on His wondrous work and grace toward us.
Asaph goes on to elaborate some of awesome and mighty deeds of Yahweh in remainder of this Psalm. Read the whole thing. It is well worth our time to linger there awhile.
In his second letter to Timothy, Paul exhorts his child in the faith to: “ Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, the offspring of David, as preached in my gospel” (2 Timothy 2:8). It is an imperative command for Timothy (and us!) to continually be reminded of and think about and meditate upon his Messiah, the One that rose to life victorious over death, the King! Paul greatly desired that Jesus would always be at the forefront of the mind.
But we so easily forget; we are readily distracted by other things and take our eyes off Christ. The cares of this world then take the dominant position of our minds. And so, we need to constantly fill ourselves with Him and remind ourselves of the good news of Jesus that we would walk increasingly in his grace.
When Jesus gave us the Lord’s supper, He told us to “do this in remembrance of me” (Luke 22:19-20, 1 Corinthians 11:23-26). The bread and the cup are to help us regularly ponder His body broken for us, His blood spilled for our sin, the good news of our salvation in Him. Remember Him! Remember Him!
May we dwell daily on His holiness and goodness as we drink from the clear, deep living waters of Scripture. As we approach the end of another year, perhaps it is also a good time to reflect on our own lives and to be reminded of the faithfulness of the Lord to us throughout 2025. We pray that all remembrance of Christ will enlighten us and increase our hope in Him (Ephesians 1:18) in 2026 and beyond.
Great are the deeds of the One who conquered death and the grave, who brings life eternal to all who believe in Him!
Brian Gates
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