Psalm 89:50-51

Psalm 89:50-51

He never forgets

When we call upon the Lord to remember it is not because He has forgotten! He never forgets! What we may need to do at times is to ask the Lord to recall events, promises, requests and past conversations because they have a bearing on what is happening in the here and now. If you think about it, every time we refer to the Scriptures and what God has said, it’s a trip down memory lane. What is extraordinary is that so often He points out new things that we never saw or heard before. When He remembers, we are taught.

The Psalm, here in these verses, is still speaking in the first person singular, it is Ethan speaking but he speaks on behalf of David and his descendants. There has also been more than one occasion in the Psalm when we have noted that it speaks on behalf of Messiah, our Lord Jesus, David’s greatest successor. The Psalm speaks for us too and all that have been mocked and taunted by enemies of God. The nations continue to sneer and ridicule the name of our God and His anointed ones. By the way, the anointing is by God Himself when He pours the oil of His Holy Spirit upon us. 

The Satan continues to mock the Lord in a thousand different ways, he even publicly organises marches under the banner of Pride and waves the rainbow back in God’s face, “You said you would never judge the world again and You gave the rainbow as a seal to the world, so you can’t touch us when we rebel!” What mockery, and it is directly aimed at the Lord although the poor deluded ones who parade do not realise what is happening.

And the mockery will continue, we will be taunted, jeered and held in contempt for our faith in the next few troubling years for our world. Our message is truly about love and forgiveness and self-sacrifice but that is the opposite of the Satan’s agenda. If you suffer for your faith, never forget that you are His anointed ones, and the Lord never forgets! Hallelujah! 

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