“Remember the wonders He has done, His miracles, and the judgments He pronounced…” (Psalm 105:5)

“I remembered my songs in the night” (Psalm 77:6)

If you look at the context and the verses that surounds Psalm 77:6, you’ll probably think that I’m off topic, and you would be right. Asaph is saying here that his life is tough right now and he thinks back on the former days, when life was happier and he wonders now why God seems to reject him. But later on, Asaph says in verses 11 and 12, “I will remember the deeds of the Lord; yes, I will remember your miracles of long ago. I will meditate on all your works and consider all your mighty deeds.” So here is where I’m leading verse 6 into the wrong context:

I like it. I like to put the verse in the context where I find myself out of means, where I worry about things that I have so little power on and I become ill from it. When I think that I’m independent and must do it all on my own. In those moments when life seems to be rude, I say with Asaph, “I remembered my songs in the night”, meaning, “Right now all I see is darkness, but I remember the light and I know for certain that God will shine His light again.” There is hope.

I just had a discussion with a friend about “remembering” God’s works and how it strengthens our faith in times of trouble or uncertainty to be reminded of what God has accomplished for us in the past. All of the sudden, I feel stupid for worrying about anything because I remember that God has power over everything and the lives of the people around me, that God has always been there for me and has blessed me more than I hoped… why would it be different this time since I desire His will?

So remembering God’s works in my life is something really important, otherwise, my faith is weak and tends to be like the Israelites who kept forgetting about the wondrous things God had done just a few days or weeks or months ago and feared their enemies, thought they would die of hunger…

Anyways. I’ve put up a new page on this blog that you can go to (just click on the “In Loving Memory” title up there on this page) and it’s about this: remembering God’s deeds. So go check it out, there’s little written there so far, but I’ll be adding things as God is good to me…

Enjoy & Remember