Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth.” Eccl. 12.1.
This verse means that while we are young, we constantly think of the God who made us, and gives us all the good things we enjoy. This will make us love Him, and desire to please Him, just like little children who remember a kind father, love him, and desire to please him.
If we remember God as our Creator, when we are young, we shall not forget Him when we are old. But it is not remembering God, as our Creator, that will save us from being lost as sinners. As mere creatures we are all under condemnation, because of sins that we have committed, but thinking of God’s goodness to us as our Creator will tell us nothing as to how our sins are to be put away.
In order to be sure of being saved, we must think of Jesus on the cross, and “His blood that cleanseth from all sins.” Therefore Jesus does not say, “Remember thy Creator,” but “Remember Me,” because. He is thinking of us as sinners, and He knows that to remember His dying love is the only way to make us happy, when we think about our sins.
As creatures then, we are to remember God, the Creator.
As sinners, we must remember Jesus, the Redeemer.
Little readers, think of these two “Remembers,” but most of all the last.
ML 05/31/1936