God promised Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob that all nations of the earth would be blessed through their seed (Genesis 12:3; 26:4; 28:14). God foretold of a time their descendants would be in captivity, but He assured that they would “come out with great substance” (Genesis 15:13-14).
In Exodus 2, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob’s descendants were in Egyptian bondage, and “God remembered His covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto them” (verses 24-25). Upon remembering, God led the Israelites out of bondage.
God exhorted the Israelites to remember Him, as He remembered them. He instituted the Passover to remind them of how He led them out of Egypt (Exodus 12).
While the Israelites were to observe the Passover to remember God, Christians observe the Lord’s Supper to remember Christ (1 Corinthians 11:24).
More generally, Christians should remember God’s will throughout our lives.
As Peter wrote to Christians, he wrote to “stir up [their] pure minds by way of remembrance” (2 Peter 3:1).
The Israelites who left Egypt forgot God (Exodus 16:3; 17:3; Numbers 14:2).
May we not forget God, but constantly study and think on God’s Word in order to remember Christ and His will for our lives.
– Michael Hickox