Volume 2 February 02, 2008 Issue 3
It was really all quite humiliating. We had the Howard and Charlton families visit. I was playing video ‘memory games’ with some of the kids—and it was absolutely no competition!
Those children were so quick—oh to have such a keen memory! A good memory will not only score you points in the Veggie Tale Zap-It video game, it is a boost to your professional, social and spiritual life. Tomorrow I want to teach from just a couple of verses in the famous David & Goliath story and show how the importance of memory is promoted. We will learn about the advantages of ‘getting a-head’ and living with it in the zone of memory.
But let me warn you of a dangerous rut some of us fall into: getting stuck in the zone of memory. Living in the past, focusing on the ‘spiritual museum exhibits’, pining for ‘the good old days’ - all these can divert us from the present. Yes, our walk with God today can be and should be inspired by the past, but we cannot expect to make any progress or see any growth if we have pinned our boots so deep into the soil of memory that we are stuck. The Bible has lots to say about memory. I believe it is one of God’s ways of propelling us onto new victory, doing His work with renewed vigor. Even when we take communion we look back to look ahead (1 Corinthians 11:23—26).
Here’s to a good future because of good memories.
Doug
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