MAR 24

Ecclesiastes 12:1-2
Memorise Ecclesiastes 12:1
"Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth"           

DO YOU REMEMBER YOUR CREATOR?

We are therefore exhorted in our youth, in the vibrancy of life where we still have health and strength, to remember our Creator, the Lord God. What does it mean to remember our Creator?  To remember is to not forget but be constantly mindful. In our minds and our hearts, God must constantly be at the forefront. We remember the fact that He is the creator of the whole universe, and the one is in sovereign control of all things. We remember all the works which he has done for us in our life, chief of which is how he had chosen and ordained us to salvation, and give us our Lord Jesus Christ to die for our sins. We must remember that all that we have in this life is from God, and that nothing we have is through our own merit, but all of the grace of God.  Remembering all these, one would thus respond with a heart of gratitude, and desire to do all we can to serve the Lord, and please him in all that we do.

The message here is very simple: don’t waste your life! Youths have a great advantage. We have time, opportunity and ability to serve the Lord. We must do so while our eyes are still able to see the light, and the gloom and affliction of sickness and old age has not set upon us. Clouds that return after the rain block out the sunshine, and following the previous metaphor of light and darkness, describe how the vitality and pleasures of youth are clouded out by the calamitous storms of life that will come with age and time. These thoughts are further elaborated in the subsequent verses.

Thus in our youth, we must always be mindful that God must be at the centre of our lives. He must take the first and foremost place in our hearts. We must constantly remember Him, and have Him as the very first consideration in all the choices that we make, in even the thoughts that you make. This is what it means to remember, and to never forget!

Thought: How can I make God the centre of my life?
Prayer: Lord, I thank you for the life that You have given me. Help me to live this life for You, to always remember You and never to forget.