Deuteronomy 6:12- “…be careful that you do not forget the LORD, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.”
Something happened in my life today—something I had been praying for more than thirty years! So that I wouldn’t forget this special answer to prayer, I wrote about it in my Bible and put the date beside my words.
Just as in our world today, many people in “Bible times” often forgot what God had done for them. In Deuteronomy, Moses warned the Israelites of doing just that and there are other stories in the Bible on the same theme.
Oftentimes, as in this story, God told the people to place a stone(s) in certain places as a memorial of a specific event or person. You can see examples of memorials in many state parks and cemeteries around the world.
Memorials serve three purposes:
- Cause use to remember what a person has done. For Christians, it might mean remembering God’s answer to prayer and of His provision. God instructed Joshua to build a memorial so each time the Israelites saw it, they would be reminded.
- Memorials are a form of communicating past occurrences with next generations. Memorial stones in Bible times were a basis of sharing faith with their children.
- Memorials spur us to renew our personal commitments, whether it be to a cause, to our family, or to our God. They give us a new sense of purpose.
Has God led you through a rough time in your life?
Has He blessed your family with a newborn or a new job?
Whatever it is, finding a way to remember God’s blessing will help you focus on His goodness and faithfulness.
It could be the planting of a tree or unveiling a statue or hanging of a commemorative plaque.
Or it could be something as simple as writing a few words of praise in the Bible next to the date when a specific prayer was answered.
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