BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE

“Then they that feared the LORD spoke often one to another: and the LORD listened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought on his name.”

                                                                                                                                   Malachi 3:6 (KJV)

There is a book in the Kingdom of God called the Book of Remembrance. This is a book that many people aren’t aware of and they never get the appropriate the implication of the book’s existence.

Our opening scripture tells us that there is such a book in existence and it documents our positive lifestyle of fellowship with the brethren. It also documents our good deeds towards mankind as recorded in the account of Mordecai when he helped prevent the killing of the King.

Every action that is recorded in this book is a seed for a definite harvest; therefore, the book was written for it to be remembered. As Christians, we must know that our good deeds do not go undocumented by God: even the giving of a cup of water to a saint is worthy of being noted in this book.

I earlier said that everything written in this book is a seed that has a definite reward to it. Stop to think of this for a moment. Can you count the number of good deeds you have done since your arrival on earth: deeds like a smile, an encouragement, a support, fellowship with the brethren, money given . . . you definitely have lost count of the number. All these deeds qualify for rewards.

With most people there is an inequality between their lifestyle of giving and their experience of harvest as the scripture promises. This is where the problem lies: the book in question is rightly named a book of remembrance; this is because the contents of the book are not readily remembered until God remembers the contents of the book. Does God forget things? He does not, but he can make himself forget things like our sins.

For the book of remembrance to produce a harvest we need to remind God about the contents of the book. This is the mystery behind this book: we need understand this to maximize its potential for harvest.

There are two ways by which we can remind God about the contents of the book: heartfelt worship, and bringing his attention to the content of the book in prayer. When we worship God, as scripture admonishes us to delight ourselves in the Lord, he will grant us the desires of our hearts – which are harvests of our seed-sown. Worship causes God to make reference to the book in other for him to get a good grasp of the weight of reward to give to you.

We can further cause God to remember the content of the book by deliberately bringing his attention to its content in prayer. God said in his word for us to put him in remembrance. He further tells us to produce our cause, to bring forth our strong reasons.

Begin at once to refer God to you good deeds in the past, requesting for a harvest with respect to your present need. Take out time to render selfless worship to him and watch to see how the King of kings will be moved to pick up the book in favour of your deepest desires.   

EXERCISE

Take out time in prayer to bring God’s attention to your seed-sown in the past; placing a demand for a harvest in the area of your present need.

                                                                          

FURTHER READING

Isaiah 41:21; Isaiah 43:26; Psalm 37:4

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