Therefore I intend always to remind you of these qualities, though you know them and are established in the truth that you have. I think it right, as long as I am in this body, to stir you up by way of reminder, (I Peter 1:12,13 ESV)
Reminders
I have a prayer meeting with some fellow elders in my denomination every Thursday at noon. It is in my head. It is in my calendar. Sometimes it is in my heart. But I forget it far more often than I remember it.
In moments of immaturity, I have complained that no one reminds me. If THEY sent me a text, or an email, or a phone call on Tuesday or Wednesday, I would remember.
But they can not reasonably do that. They are busy. They are trying to remember, themselves! And, without angst or whining, they simply do not love me enough in the way that would make them that dedicated to my schedule.
But Jesus reminds of the things He wants me to know.
He has taught me in His Word. He has taught me through His Spirit. He has taught me through life’s experiences. He has taught me through the words of others.
Jesus might be justified in expecting me to not need reminding.
But I do.
And He alone has the love, the fortitude, the patience, the power, the eager willingness, and the knowledge to remind me. Repeatedly.
Jesus is necessary to remind me of His truth.