Remembering the Creator

UV 1286/10,000 Remembering the Creator

Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;

Eccelesiastes 12 v 1


The Lord expects us to reverence, love and remember Him from our early days. He does not want us to wait till we are old and worn out or when our senses are dulled and we find no pleasure in this life. While we are still young , vibrant and full of life, the Lord wants us to acknowledge Him, to trust Him, to love Him and to commit our lives to Him. There is a tendency among human beings to say that they will think of God when they are older and nearing their end. Many people are under a delusion that God is a kill-joy and that they will not be able to really enjoy life if they developed a relationship with Him when they were still young.

This uni-verse is also a reiteration of the precept, “Catch them young.” When people get older they tend to become more cynical and skeptical. They will more likely resist the move of the Spirit and the hand of the Lord as they get older. Speaking for myself if I had waited till I was older to believe in the Lord, I would perhaps never believed in Him. I would have become more bitter and disbelieving than before as the years advanced. The advantages of remembering the Lord while we are still young is that we will be greatly strengthened to face life and its challenges on our bad days. We will be more blessed and wiser. Our hearts will not get calloused and hardened by our bad experiences and the mistakes we make in life. We will be more hopeful and optimistic that however things are going now, it will turn out right or perfect in the end.


The uni-verse also gives a new perspective on what is considered “ old”. If we stop taking pleasure in the ordinary things of life like friendship, nature or food or entertainment, it is then that we have grown old. As long as we take pleasure in the ordinary things of life, we will not grow old. When we remember the Lord at all times of day and night, when we are conscious of His presence with us and in us all the time, our strength and our youth will be constantly renewed like the melting snows of the Himalayas keep feeding and renewing the mighty rivers that have their source in the mountains. The Lord does not kill or diminish our pleasures or joy. Rather, He finds pleasure in our joy and happiness. He delights in our finding pleasure in the world He has created and given to us freely to rule and to live in. Jesus spoke of the master of a vineyard who sent His son to collect the rent from the tenants but they were ungrateful and cruel and killed him. So we are entrusted the earth as tenants or stewards. Our remembering that the vineyard belongs to the Master and His Son and being grateful for being allowed to cultivate it and enjoy its fruits is our way of paying back the Lord. When we remember Him in this manner, we prove that we are worthy of entering His eternal Kingdom. “Remember thy Creator” implies the personal relationship with the Creator for the words used are not the impersonal “ remember the Creator.” We need to remember the different dimensions of the Creator- His power, His wisdom, His love, His grace, His mercy, His faithfulness, His forbearance, His foresight, His gentleness, His sovereignty… We need to remember the experiences and testimonies of our lives. We need to remember the Word, the commands and the promises of God. We need to remember the promptings and forthtelling of the Holy Spirit. When we so remember, not just our memories and our imagination, not just our thoughts, words and emotions would be blessed but our whole being would be. We will be continually watered or cared for or provided and nourished from the inside.

Prateep V Philip