REMEMBER NOW

20 Jun REMEMBER NOW

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; While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain: In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened, And the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low, and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of musick shall be brought low; Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets: Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern. Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it (Ecclesiastes 12:1-7).

 What To Remember

Remember that

1. To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven (Ecclesiastes 3:1)
2. A time to be born, and a time to die (Ecclesiastes 3:2a)
3. And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgement (Hebrews 9:27)
4. There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it (Ecclesiastes 8:8)

 Youth

Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment (Ecclesiastes 11:9).

In your youth do not ever forget that

For God shall bring every work into judgement, with every secret thing, whether it be good or whether it be evil (Ecclesiastes 12:14).

Therefore

Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart. But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes (2 Timothy 2:22-23).

Beloved

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 (Ecclesiastes 12:1).

 The Infirmities of Old Age

While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain (Ecclesiastes 12:2)

• As you grow older and become old in age and with grey hairs you tend to lose the comforts of life because what was important for you when you were a youth becomes insignificant in old age and there are lots of trials.

 King David

King David suffered from a low body temperature in old age.
Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat (1 Kings 1:1)

• In the days when the keepers of the house shall tremble -Arms and Hands
• The strong men shall bow themselves – Thighs and Legs
• And the grinders cease because they are few -The Teeth

• And those that look out of the windows be darkened – The Eyes
 Prophet Eli

And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place, and his eyes began to wax dim, that he could not see (1 Samuel 3:2).

• And the doors shall be shut in the streets – The lips
• When the sound of grinding be low – Digestive Organs
• Rise up at the voice of the bird -Insomnia of old age
• All the daughters of musick shall be brought low- Ears cannot hear clearly

• Afraid of that which is high -Cannot Reason Properly
 King Solomon

For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father (1 Kings 11:4).

• The almond tree shall flourish – white and grey hairs
 Prophet Samuel
And now, behold, the king walketh before you: and I am old and grayheaded; and behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you from my childhood unto this day (1 Samuel 12:2)

•  The grasshopper shall be a burden- make a mountain out of a mole hole.

• The desire shall fail – No appetite for sex
 King David
Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and let her cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the king may get heat. So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king. And the damsel was very fair, and cherished the king, and ministered to him: but the king knew her not (1 Kings 1:2-4)

• Man goeth to his long home
 Eternity
Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear His voice And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation (John 5:28-29).

• The mourners go about the streets
 Jacob
And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days (Genesis 50:10).

• The silver cord be loosed – spinal cord broken.
• The golden bowl be broken – skull emptied.
• Pitcher broken at the fountain – failure of respiratory organs.
• The wheel broken at the cistern – Heart failure, heart stoppage.

• Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was
 Dust to dust
For out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return (Genesis 3:19b)

• And the spirit shall return unto God who gave it
 The breath of life
And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul (Genesis 2:7)