In the Movie "Memento", the main character loses the
capacity to form new memories after a sudden trauma. Eventually, his long-term memories become distorted with other
memories. He loses touch with who he is and what he is trying to do.
When human beings attempt to define themselves, their identity and initiative get mired in mistakes and mishaps. We find ourselves weighed down by the empty thoughts and actions of years past.
Man
simply cannot rely on his own memory to steel himself through life.The believer does not have to resort to such flimsy and
unreliable methods to protect his identity, to establish himself. He has theh
Word of God, Christ Jesus, the Second Person of the Holy Trinity:
"In the beginning was the Word. And the Word was with God; and the Word was God." (John 1: 1)
In the Old Testament, the Law and the Prophets witness to the power and purpose of the Word of God in our lives:
Jesus declared the vital purpose of God's Word in our lives:
"But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God." (Matthew 4: 4)
and
"Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away." (Matthew 24: 35)
The Word of God is everlasting, the source of eternal constancy that every man craves and cannot find in anything else:
"But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you." (1 Peter 1: 25)
The Word of God is our identity, in Christ Jesus, whom we learn about in the Bible, for as the Apostle John wrote in his first epistle:
"Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
"And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure." (1 John 3: 2-3)
The Word of God lives in every believer:
"Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord." (Colossians 3: 16)
Unlike the main character in "Memento", if a believer finds himself lost, confused, unsure as to what he must do, by meditating on the Word of God, we become more like Him who loved us and died for us, we realize ever more that we are more like Him. We never need to wonder who we are, no matter how dark, dank, and dangerous the world may become for us. No matter how bad we may feel, no matter how distant our thoughts may be from the glorious ideal, who we are in Christ will never change, He will never leave us nor forsake us, and nothing can separate us from Him.
"In the beginning was the Word. And the Word was with God; and the Word was God." (John 1: 1)
In the Old Testament, the Law and the Prophets witness to the power and purpose of the Word of God in our lives:
Jesus declared the vital purpose of God's Word in our lives:
"But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God." (Matthew 4: 4)
and
"Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away." (Matthew 24: 35)
The Word of God is everlasting, the source of eternal constancy that every man craves and cannot find in anything else:
"But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you." (1 Peter 1: 25)
The Word of God is our identity, in Christ Jesus, whom we learn about in the Bible, for as the Apostle John wrote in his first epistle:
"Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
"And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure." (1 John 3: 2-3)
The Word of God lives in every believer:
"Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord." (Colossians 3: 16)
Unlike the main character in "Memento", if a believer finds himself lost, confused, unsure as to what he must do, by meditating on the Word of God, we become more like Him who loved us and died for us, we realize ever more that we are more like Him. We never need to wonder who we are, no matter how dark, dank, and dangerous the world may become for us. No matter how bad we may feel, no matter how distant our thoughts may be from the glorious ideal, who we are in Christ will never change, He will never leave us nor forsake us, and nothing can separate us from Him.
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