Remember these things, O Jacob, and Israel, for you are my servant; I formed you; you are my servant; O Israel, you will not be forgotten by me.  I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud and your sins like mist; return to me, for I have redeemed you.

Isaiah 44:21-22 ESV

There are a lot of things I could comment on about this passage,  but tonight what I’m thinking about specifically is this: “you will not be forgotten by me.”

He will blot out our sins so they can no longer be found. He even says several other places in Scripture that he will remember our sins no more; feel free to parse that theologically but the effect is that our sins are effectively forgotten.

But he does not forget his people,  nor will he ever.

“Remember these things” – we’re to remember that he remembers us.  We aren’t orphans,  we aren’t alone. We will not be forgotten.

This speaks to one of the deepest needs of mankind: to be fully known. We have that need met,  fully,  in Christ.

Thanks be to God.