May 6, 1999, Thursday

Would it be a help to you if someone remembered you when

things weren't going so well? Would it be a help if that

someone could pick you up and carry you away from all of

the problems? What must a person do to find an advocate

like that to help them in time of calamity?

The Psalmist tells us that fortunately for mankind God

determined to consider man in his fallen state. He did

not forget Adam in his low estate and sin, but sent His

Son to redeem him from death, hell, and all spiritual

enemies. His promises have been to the children of men

in affliction and slavery without hope, for God did not

forget us or leave us to our own devices but loved us-

"He did not forget us when we were defeated; His love is

eternal" (Psa 136:23). Any man can choose not to remain

in the defeated state for His mercy endures forever. The

Psalmist blessed God for that consideration of grace!

Isaiah tells us God afflicted His own Son for the sons of

men. Every person afflicted by that enemy of sin now can

have hope if he will look to God and trust Him that He can

forgive every sin committed. God calls each person to be

be saved from the frailty of his human weakness by Him--

"In all their affliction He was afflicted, And the angel

of His presence saved them; In His love and in His mercy

He redeemed them; And He lifted them and carried them all

the days of old" (Isa 63:9). Christ continues to be the

advocate that stands in the presence of God to carry us

away from the affliction and penalty of sin!

The Psalmist testified that the simple step of faith was

all that Christ required of him. He was near death on many

occasions but found that his simple, obedient faith worked

when his persecutors became too much for him to bear alone-

"The Lord preserves the simple; I was brought low, and He

saved me" (Psa 116:6). The relief came not from any merit

of his, but God's own mercy and tenderness. The calamity

of man that he must return to the dust from which he came

is why each person must call on Him to find Him gracious

and true to all of His promises. It is by His mercies that

we are not consumed, but His promise is to make us complete!

Let us remember who is the God that remembers all things.

God's Name is Jehová El Berith. He is the God that makes

promises to His people, and does not forget. He does not

have the frailty of our human frame, and He is mindful

that we are but dust. Lift your hands to Him and Praise

Him today for the fact that He is the faithful God that

remembers His promises to us! Make your promises to

Him today and see the difference!