I will not forget you. See, I have [carved] you on the
palms of my hands (Isaiah
49:15,16).
In their Babylonian captivity, no doubt many Jews wondered
if God had given up on them. Maybe some of them, in their despair, gave up on
God. We read in Isaiah 49:14 – Zion said, “The Lord has forsaken me, the
Lord has forgotten me.”
But God makes it clear such is not the case. Can a
mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she
has borne? Though she may forget [as unlikely as that is], I will not forget
you! See, I have [carved] you on the palms of my hands (49:15,16).
Remember Hagar, Sarah’s slave girl? Her Hebrew name meant
forsaken. She undoubtedly felt forsaken, rejected, and unseen. Until she
had an encounter with God, and gave him a new name: You are the God who
sees me (Genesis 16:13).
God will not forsake us. God will not reject us. God
will not overlook us. God will not forget us.
But God is forgetful about one thing.
I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their
sins no more (Jeremiah 31:34).
God forgets your confessed sin, but he’ll never forget you!
TODAY’S MEDITATION
Do you ever feel forgotten
by God? Consider that the only thing he forgets is your sin. Thank him for his
selective forgetfulness.
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