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“These words that I (God) am giving you today are to be in your heart. Repeat them to your children. Talk about them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.” Deuteronomy 6:6-7 (HCSB)

Don’t have a clue what my friends’ phone numbers are. Totally unaware of their mailing address. And if you asked me when someone’s birthday is, I’d probably respond – I don’t know let me check my phone. And mailing something – well I rarely do that anymore. Birthdays are programmed into my calendar on my phone. Got the picture, I don’t have to train my brain to remember because my computer, phone, etc. does it all for me.

So, let’s just admit it – our memory links are weak. We rely on other things to remind us and tell us what to do. Wonder if that’s why we find it easy to excuse away memorizing God’s word? Laying out the excuse – we can’t do that. Choosing to rely on what we think we remember about His word and who He is instead of chiseling out time to discipline our mind. Forging through the battles of life without His words nailed to our heart.

Every teacher knows that repetition seals the lesson. Going over and over again the same principle, rehearsing facts, makes recall easy. It’s how we passed all those tests in school and aced the exam. It’s exactly how we know our way home, and it’s how we cook that fav recipe without even glancing to our notecard. Simply put – its memorization – but we’ can’t do that anymore or can we?

To learn (something) so well that we are able to remember it perfectly – that’s how Webster puts it. And God’s view says cherish the words He gives us. Keep them in our heart. Repeat, rehearse and reflect on them with our children. Know God’s words so perfectly that they fill our mouth and bless the people we do life with. Never leave home without them.

“Father, help us to memorize Your truths – to discipline our minds to keep Your words in front of our eyes – remembering it perfectly.”

For His Glory

Janet Martin
TRBC Women’s Life