REMIND ME
We all need reminders. We have calendars, appointment books, reminders, notes, alerts on our phones, sticky notes, etc. We are forgetful people, but that’s only part of it. We all live such fast-paced, busy lives, and we process so much information each given day that we need reminders to bring our focus back to our priorities.
There are a few essentials and priorities that we need to remind ourselves of every day. The first is the Gospel. 1 Corinthians 15:3–4, “For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures and that he was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures.”
Beginning the day by reminding ourselves of the gospel brings gratitude to ourselves, reminds us that God’s Word is true because it was “according to the Scriptures,” and puts it fresh in our minds for the people we will come in contact with that day who need the Gospel.
Taking this a step further, when I remember the Gospel it makes me grateful for what my Savior had to endure to pay the debt for my sins that I could not pay. It brings thanks and praise to Him for the agony He endured in the Garden of Gethsemane, so great that He sweated great drops of blood. According to Luke, He needed an angel to come to minister to Him so He could bear what was coming. Then He would take the seven mile journey to the cross, where Isaiah tells us He would be beaten so badly that He was no longer recognizable as a human being. He was slapped, spit upon, had His beard plucked out, tortured, stripped, mocked, had the crown of thorns plunged into His skull, and then hit on the head—all this before He was ever nailed to the cross. Yes! Let’s remind ourselves of what our Beautiful Savior paid with His shed blood for our sins—that debt that we could never pay.
Let’s remind ourselves of the attributes of God. He is good. Even when things are not, it is good to remind ourselves that He is always good. He can never not be good. He is the same yesterday, today, and forever. He is faithful. He can’t be anything but faithful, good, unchanging. He is long-suffering, loving, merciful, gracious, and just. He is omnipotent. He is sovereign. He is holy. He is kind, patient and incomparable. I am greatly comforted and thankful when I remind myself of who God is.
Then let us remind ourselves of who we are in Christ—our true identity. When we are saved, we are taken out of our identity in Adam and placed “In Christ.” According to 2 Corinthians 5:17, “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.” We know from Galatians 2:20 that we were crucified with Christ when He was on the cross. Colossians 3:3–4 tells us "For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory."
Romans 6:4-6 tells us we were buried and resurrected with Him in newness of life, and we are no longer slaves to sin, but rather our old man was crucified. We are dead to sin. And then Ephesians 2:4-6 tells us our position now is seated in the heavenlies with Christ. What a wonderful thing to remind ourselves of when we are facing trials and challenges—that we are seated in the heavenlies. We can look down from that perspective and see better how to deal with, respond to whatever presents itself.
So, let us daily remind ourselves of the Gospel, of the price Jesus paid for the sins that we could never have paid for, for who God is and who we are in Him.
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