By Pastor Don Schatz

God Sees; God Remembers

 “When the bow is in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.” God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant that I have established between me and all flesh that is on the earth.”  Genesis 9:16–17.  The English Standard Version

 

“I promise.”  You have heard those words before.  Does whatever is promised always come to pass?  Are there some people you trust when they say “I promise,” and some you do not?  Can people always trust you when you say, “I promise?”

When Noah and his family, not to mention all the animals, left the Ark on Mount Ararat, God made a promise to humanity and “every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.”  As a reminder of that promise the Lord placed the rainbow in the sky.  When God sees the rainbow, he remembers his promise.  God Sees; God Remembers.  God keeps his promise.  The rainbow is a mnemonic device for God.  It is a sign for us not only of God’s promise, but that he keeps his promise.  God Sees; God Remembers.

When your child is in surgery and you sit and worry and pray.  God Sees; God Remembers.  When your children fail and you eschew condemnation and instead move beside them to be with them.  God Sees; God Remembers.  If you struggle with issues that seem insurmountable, and wonder how or if you can carry on.  God Sees; God Remembers.  When you sin, and are convinced that the Lord cannot forgive this one.  God Sees; God Remembers.  When you long for a loving touch, a friend to share with.  God Sees; God Remembers.  When fear claims you and you cannot seem to concur it.  God Sees; God Remembers.  When someone lets you down and the pain of it tears at your heart.  God Sees; God Remembers.  When you simply cannot comprehend how the Lord could allow it.  God Sees; God Remembers.

Today.  God Sees; God Remembers.  You.

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