Exodus 16:31–36
The Bible4Jesus.com Podcast
About this episode
We live in an age that has declared war on memory. Our entire culture is a conspiracy to make us forget. We are told to live in the now, to chase the next fleeting experience, to define ourselves by our present feelings. The past is presented either as a source of shame to be repudiated or as a dusty irrelevance to be ignored. The result is a generation of spiritual orphans, men and women who believe they are self-created, with no debts to the past and no obligations to the future. They are historical amnesiacs, and this condition is deadly. To forget God's deliverance is the first step toward building a golden calf. To forget His provision is the first step toward complaining about the menu. He is a covenant Lord, and He institutes legal, binding, physical memorials.