Remember the marvels he has wrought, his portents, and the judgments he has set forth.
Psalm 105:5
We normally speak of time in three tenses: past, present, and future. But with every tick of the clock, the present becomes the past, leaving us only with the past and the future. As time passes, the past gets longer, and the future gets shorter. The ever-increasing past provides a growing memory of the works and wonders of God.
“Remembering” was an integral part of the Israelite culture as reflected in the Old Testament: “For He established a testimony in Jacob...that they should make them known to their children; that the generation to come might know them, the children who would be born, that they may arise and declare them to their children, that they may set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God” (Psalm 78:5-7). What God did in the past—His works, wonders, and Word—were to be the foundation for faith in the future.
The same is true for us. What God does for us today will be a memory come tomorrow—and the foundation on which we will build a life of faith going forward.
