God is a promise keeper
Psalm 105:7-9(CEV) The LORD is our God, bringing justice everywhere on earth. He will never forget his agreement or his promises, not in thousands of years. God made an eternal promise.
Psalm 105:42a(NIV) For he remembered his holy promise
While reading this Psalm what stood out for me was the fact that God remembered his promise to Abraham. When God makes a promise, he keeps it. He will never forget his agreement or his promises, not in a thousand of years. What a guarantee?
The statement God remembered is a common theme throughout the Bible. When this statement is used, it is the translation of the Hebrew words Zakar ayth which means to bring to mind and act. Is this not powerful? To recall and to act.
Zakar means to bring to mind or recall, to remember, mention, recount, or think on. It also means to make a memorial. Ayth is an additive and basically provides a sense of entity, indicating the self and adding emphasis to what’s being remembered.
Zakar ayth calls our attention to how God focuses on something or someone in a way that entails action or response.
In the New Testament, the Greek word is mimnēskomai, meaning to remember, or recall, but it too seems to imply action.
God will not forget His promise, nor will He forget you.
Isaiah 44:21b(NLT) I, the LORD, made you, and I will not forget you.
BUT although God never forgets, God want us to remind Him of His promises given to us. It shows our faith in God.
Isaiah 62:6-7(MSG) “I’ve posted watchmen on your walls, Jerusalem. Day and night they keep at
it, praying, calling out, reminding God to remember. They are to give him no peace until he does what he said.
God will not leave us, until he has done what he has promised.
Genesis 28:15(AMP) “Behold, I am with you and will keep [careful watch over you and guard] you wherever you may go, and I will bring you back to this [promised] land; for I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”
Psalm 106:44-46(MSG) Still, when God saw the trouble they were in and heard their cries for help, He remembered his Covenant with them, and immense with love, took them by the hand. He poured out his mercy on them while their captors looked on, amazed.
I conclude with “The best praying man is the man who is most believingly familiar with the promises of God. After all, prayer is nothing but taking God’s promises to him, and saying to him, “Do as thou hast said.” Prayer is the promise utilized. A prayer which is not based on a promise has no true foundation.” ― Charles Spurgeon