‘And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee…’
This week marked 75 years since the invasion by the Allied Forces into northern France which began the final phase of the war against Nazi Germany bringing an end to Adolf Hitler’s evil regime and eventually relative peace to Europe.
In the events leading up to D-Day, the day itself and the months following until the end of the war we see so many answers of prayer but sadly in all the ‘remembering’ that has taken place this week it seems that the mercy of Almighty God has been forgotten. There has been much made of the weathermen who advised the leaders of the Allied Forces to postpone the planned invasion on the 5th June and who subsequently advised them to invade on the 6th but where was the acknowledging of Almighty God who changed the weather and sent that favourable weather which enabled the forces to invade on the 6th June so taking the enemy by surprise. This was a miracle along with many others and in answer to the many prayers offered in Britain and in other lands but sadly 75 years later we see little gratitude to the Lord who fought our battles for us and ordered things in a most remarkable way in delivering us from our evil enemy. May we thank the God of all Grace.
In the book Deuteronomy Moses reminds the children of Israel all the things which have taken place since they were delivered from Egypt. He reminds them of those things God did in fulfilling the promises made to them and he also reminds them of the many failings and acts of rebellion by the children of Israel. He exhorted them to not ‘forget’. ‘Then beware lest thou forget the Lord, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage,’ Deuteronomy ch6 v12
Sadly we too are forgetful. We forget to pray, at times we forget what we have prayed for and forget to look for answers. We often forget to thank God for all His goodness and mercy when our prayers are answered. What a comfort then in all our weakness and failings to know something of the foundation there is in Jesus Christ who never can forget His loved ones.
‘Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.’ Isaiah ch49 v15
‘Remember me, O Lord, with the favour that thou bearest unto thy people: O visit me with thy salvation.’ Psalm 106 v4