Short Term Memory

The older I get, the more forgetful I become – or so it seems. I do try to exercise my brain daily to try to stay sharp. I do think that my brain can only hold so much information before I starting forgetting some things.

I tend to remember significant events that happen to me and affect me personally. I don’t always remember vividly, but I can have my memory “jump started”. I think the Lord wired us to forget some things. For example, a woman giving birth to a beautiful baby doesn’t usually remember the amount of pain involved in childbirth. It could be because the reward of the beautiful baby. There are a lot of things that I want to remember, no matter how old I am.

Asa was King of Judah for nearly 40 years. He started out really seeking the Lord and following Him. I’m not sure what happened along the way, but he ended up with a memory problem. Check this out…

7 At that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah and said to him: “Because you relied on the king of Aram and not on the Lord your God, the army of the king of Aram has escaped from your hand. 8 Were not the Cushites and Libyans a mighty army with great numbers of chariots and horsemen? Yet when you relied on the Lord, he delivered them into your hand. 9 For the eyes of the Lord range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him. You have done a foolish thing, and from now on you will be at war.” (2 Chronicles 16:7-9 NIV)

I don’t ever want to forget the good things that the Lord has done for me.

I want to keep a vivid memory of Him rescuing me.

I want to keep my heart fully devoted to Him all the rest of my days.

I simply can’t imagine doing life with the Lord. My thought processes are now wired to think of Him first. I have confidence in Him. I have faith in Him. He has never let me down. He can be anywhere. He can do anything. I’d be a fool not to trust Him. He holds my life in His hand. I don’t ever want to forget that.

Pressing On!

Dwayne