Setting Up Reminders For...I Can't Remember

It’s Monday.
I’m tired.
I’m sure there’s GOT to be a verse or line of Scripture somewhere within the Bible regarding the need to sleep in, to stay in bed, to be wrapped up in a nice warm blanket, snoozing, sleeping, dreaming, lost in the deep dark depths of the subconscious.
It’s gotta be there.
I WILL find it.
Someday.
Somehow.
Maybe not.
It was a good idea.
I’ll let someone else do it.

Ever notice how you can get SUPER jazzed about something…I’m talking, this is the GREATEST thing EVER! YEAH! WOO!

And then, seemingly just as a quick, almost in the blink of an eye, it’s gone. That feeling quickly becomes a distant memory. Here today, gone a few hours later (Yes, sometimes it doesn’t even last until tomorrow!). Why is this? What happens? Why do we struggle to maintain any sense of interest?

Is it just me?
Is it the ADD?
I don’t think so.

I SEE it and EXPERIENCE it almost every single weekend. There’s this incredible move of God during one of our worship experiences. People pray to receive Christ. People profess their faith publicly through baptism. People get up desiring prayer over a hurt, habit, or hang-up. We’re moved by the lyrics of the songs, inspired by the individual entrusted with teaching on that particular day, and convicted by the word of God.

For a MOMENT.
For an INSTANT.
EMOTIONS stir.
THOUGHTS race.

What then? What’s next? Where do we go from there?
We stand to our feet. We move toward the exit like a herd of cattle.
MOOOOOOOOOOOO!
We forget what’s behind us and trample on towards the slaughter.
Yes, we willingly walk to our deaths.

So I will always remind you of these things, even though you know them and are firmly established in the truth you now have. I think it is right to refresh your memory as long as I live in the tent of this body, because I know that I will soon put it aside, as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me. And I will make every effort to see that after my departure you will always be able to remember these things.
2 Peter 1:12-15 NIV84

Peter had a keen understanding of the human condition. He knew, firsthand, how easy it is, how easy it was, to FORGET. You see, we must be REMINDED. We tend to forget the things that matter.

So maybe what needs to happen this week, especially since it’s Monday and we’ve already forgotten most of what we learned this weekend, is to set up some reminders. Get in God’s word. Open the Bible and see what He has for you today. Text a friend. Email a co-worker. Post something on Facebook. Set up REMINDERS. REFRESH someone’s memory…your memory…my memory.

Let’s be like Peter and MAKE EVERY EFFORT to remember!