‘When the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will remember my covenant. Genesis 9:15.
As I was driving to church in the pouring rain with the sun also shining, I suddenly saw a rainbow suspended right over the building where I was heading. It seemed as if Gods had His protection over the place and would keep us safe.
When we read the above passage in Genesis we realise that it was God also who was doing the remembering. It wasn’t enough for us only to remember, it is God remembrance that we also need. His remembering brings power. We are frail and God knows that right well. When we as humans recall the past, we have guilt and regrets. When God remembers, He remembers His creation and that it was good and His love for us.
So when He saw that creation and mankind were not good, He did something about it. He sent His Son who by dying for our sins, made mankind good again.
So when we see the rainbow, both God and us are doing the remembering and we realise that God has made a promise once again. And we know from experience that God never breaks His promises.