Remember

You may say to yourselves, “These nations are stronger than we are. How can we drive them out?” But do not be afraid of them; remember well what the LORD your God did to Pharaoh and to all Egypt. You saw with your own eyes the great trials, the signs and wonders, the mighty hand and outstretched arm, with which the LORD your God brought you out. The LORD your God will do the same to all the peoples you now fear
Deuteronomy 7:17-19

Deuteronomy is a book about “remembering”. Moses delivers a series of messages that warn the Children of Israel against selective amnesia when they enter the Promised Land. When I read it, I am tempted to ask “How do we forget?” I think the answer is simple. We forget, one day at a time. So, “How do we remember?” We remember, one day at a time. C.S. Lewis has some practical advice that helps.

“What is concrete but immaterial can be kept in view only by painful effort…That is why the real problem of the Christian life comes where people do not usually look for it. It comes the very moment you wake up each morning. All your wishes and hopes for the day rush at you like wild animals. And the first job each morning consists in shoving them all back; in listening to that other voice, taking that other point of view, letting that other larger, stronger, quieter life come flowing in.”
C. S. Lewis (19600) Mere Christianity