You find this statement “and God
remembered” on three occasions. All
three of these have one thing in common and that is obedience. God remembered Noah (Genesis 8:1), God remembered
Abraham (Genesis 19:29), and God remembered Rachel (Genesis 30:22). In all three cases, it’s because of their
obedience to God.
It’s not that God doesn’t know
all of His children, but there is a special place in His heart for those who
obey Him.
How we admire the obedience a dog
shows to its master! Archibald Rutledge
wrote that one day he met a man whose dog had just been killed in a forest
fire. Heartbroken, the man explained to
Rutledge how it happened. Because he
worked out-of-doors, he often took his dog with him. That morning, he left the animal in a
clearing and gave him a command to stay and watch his lunch bucket while he
went into the forest. His faithful
friend understood, for that’s exactly what he did. Then a fire started in the woods, and soon
the blaze spread to the spot where the dog had been left. But he didn’t move. He stayed right where he was, in perfect
obedience to his master’s word. With
tearful eyes, the dog’s owner said, “I always had to be careful what I told him
to do, because I knew he would do it.”
God needs servants like that...always loyal and
ready to obey...and the result of doing so is we will be remembered by God.
✞Don’t just live so God
knows you, live so He will remember you.
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