Things began slipping
away…things I didn’t want to lose.
Memory. An interesting thing.
When I was young, I had no trouble memorizing—anything, or a lot of things.
Even in my twenties—while in college with a professor we called the “grocery
list” professor because of the long list of items he made us memorize for tests—I
sailed through the class with no problem, making an A with ease.
Then it happened. In my late
thirties, people's names started to escape me. Then other things. My wife
became my memory board—until she developed a brain tumor and struggled with
remembering herself. Now as my age progresses toward retirement, I exercise my
mind in numerous ways, hoping my ability to remember will hang around a little
longer.
I discovered recently that age
isn’t the only thing that affects remembering and forgetting. While attending a
training conference for teachers, I decided to take a class on technology,
taught by a gentleman who was my age. Since I teach middle schoolers, I thought
I might pick up some new technology ideas I could use in the classroom.
I did, but I also discovered
why my middle schoolers can’t seem to retain anything. The rapid advance of
technology, which makes knowledge available at our fingertips, has shortened
the short-term capabilities of our younger generation. They struggle to
memorize—or don’t even try—because they don’t have to. If they want to know
something, they google it.
While most things I don’t want
to forget, some things I do want God to forget: my sins, in particular. And
according to Jeremiah, He will when I ask Him to forgive me. How God can forget
when the Bible pictures Him as omniscient (all-knowing), I don’t understand,
nor can I explain. The best I can say is He chooses to forget. With me, age
takes care of forgetting. With others, it might be busyness or brain damage.
With God, doing so is a choice.
God wiping my sin slate clean
bears importance. If He didn’t, He would still hold me accountable. That would
bring His punishment—presently and eternally. But because of what His Son
accomplished on Calvary’s cross, God can clothe me in Christ’s righteousness
when I come to Him for forgiveness. This involves His forgetting my sins. If He
didn’t choose to forget, He couldn’t clothe me this way.
When we stand in this wonderful
position, we no longer fear God’s condemnation. Instead, he loves us and has
accepted us into His family, with all the fringe benefits. His forgetting our
sins should prompt us to love others and to do good for them as God has done
for us. It should also lead us to stand in daily appreciation to our loving
heavenly Father.
Has God forgotten your sins?
Prayer: Father, we thank You
for forgetting our sins and clothing us in the righteousness of Your Son.
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