（彌迦書Micah 6:5）
「我的百姓阿，你們當追念…好使你們知道耶和華公義的作為」。這一句話是先知常向百姓說的。先知要求百姓不要忘記過去的歷史，因為這是我們認識神的作為的重要材料。
神賜給人一個很重要又極寶貴的能力，就是記憶力。有了記憶能力，人就有時間感，人生就有延續性，歷史才會出現。我們可以說，記憶造就了我們的歷史和文化，把人的世界從動物的層面提升至人文的高度。
一個人對自己的過去的認知和解釋，直接影響他對自己的現在和將來的掌握。神經常透過幫助我們對過去的事情進行記憶、反省和詮釋來啟示我們，並賜我們智慧來面對今天與明天的挑戰，並作出正確的抉擇。先知要求百姓在反省歷史時，必須看出神的作為。神常常感動祂的僕人，為以色列人提供詮釋他們的過去的原則和屬靈的角度，讓他們看見神在歷史中的作為。
我們也要學習反省和詮釋自己所走過的人生道路，不然就無法看見神在人生中的帶領。當我們反省和詮釋自己的人生時，也需要使用聖經所提供的原則和角度，讓我們的人生離開一大堆純粹生活或求生存的雜亂瑣事，提升至屬靈的高度，看見神在我們個人生命中的作為和旨意。
經文默想
請你嘗試回憶過去的人生，並從中理解神在你的過去的作為。使用這些理解來思考你的現在和將來，尋求神在你的人生中的旨意。
“My people, remember …that you may know the righteous acts of the Lord”. It was the statement that the prophets always used to remind the Israelites. They reminded them not to forget their history, for in their past had stored the richest treasure of God’s actions and revelations.
God has given us the most important and valuable power, and it is the power of memory. Once if we possess the ability to remember, we have the sense of time which gives the continuity in our life to make history possible. That is our memory which gives birth to our history and culture, and our life will be ascended from the animal world to the human civilizations.
How a person understands and interprets his past will determine the way he handles his present and future. God always inspires us by helping us to reflect on and interpret our past to give us wisdom to handle challenges and to make right decisions. When the prophet reminded his people to learn from their history, he wanted them to see God’s righteous acts. God often through revealing to the prophets teaches His people the spiritual principles and perspectives to interpret their past to realize His acts in history.
We must learn to reflect on and interpret our past, or otherwise, we cannot see how God leads our way in life. When we reflect on our past, we should use the biblical principles and perspectives to do the interpretation, so that we won’t be lost in the midst of the massive fragments and happenings, and be able to lift our eyes to the spiritual level to see the will of God in our life.
Meditation
Let us reflect on our past and find out the guidance of God in our life. With such understanding we may know God’s plan for us.
