Remembered in Prayer 求主顾念
Dexu Xia
Then God remembered Rachel; he listened to her. Genesis 30:22
In the large African church, the pastor fell to his knees, praying to God. “Remember us!” As the pastor pleaded, the crowd responded, crying, “Remember us, Lord!” Watching this moment on YouTube, I was surprised that I shed tears too. The prayer was recorded months earlier. Yet it recalled childhood times when I heard our family’s pastor make the same plea to God. “Remember us, Lord!”
Hearing that prayer as a child, I’d wrongly assumed that God sometimes forgets about us. But God is all-knowing (Psalm 147:5; 1 John 3:20), He always sees us (Psalm 33:13–15), and He loves us beyond measure (Ephesians 3:17–19).
Even more, as we see in the Hebrew word zakar, meaning “remember,” when God “remembers” us, He acts for us. Zakar also means to act on a person’s behalf. Thus, when God “remembered” Noah and “all the wild animals and the livestock that were with him in the ark,” He then “sent a wind over the earth, and the waters receded” (Genesis 8:1). When God “remembered” barren Rachel, He “listened to her and enabled her to conceive. She became pregnant and gave birth to a son” (30:22–23).
What a great plea of trust to ask God in prayer to remember us! He’ll decide how He answers. We can pray knowing, however, that our humble request asks God to move.
In what area of your life do you need God to remember you? How willing are you to pray with such intent and purpose?
Dear heavenly Father, grow my understanding of Your remembrance of me. Then, where I need You to act, please remember me.
上帝顾念拉结，应允了她。—创世记30章22节
在非洲一所大教堂里，牧师跪下向上帝祷告：“求祢顾念我们！”当牧师恳切祈求时，会众流着泪同声呼求道：“主啊，求祢顾念我们！”在观看这段短片的时候，我很讶异自己也流下眼泪。短片中祷告的情境是数月前录制的，但却让我想起童年时期曾听过我们家的牧师向上帝发出同样的祈祷：“主啊，求祢顾念我们！”
那时因为年纪小，听到这样的祷告时，我误以为上帝有时会忘了我们。但上帝是全知的（诗篇147篇5节；约翰一书3章20节）；祂时刻察看着我们（诗篇33篇13-15节）；祂对我们的爱超过你我所能测度（以弗所书3章17-19节）。
不仅如此，“顾念”的希伯来文是zakar，意思是“记得”，表示上帝“记得”我们，为我们采取行动。Zakar也意味着代表一个人行事，因此当上帝“记念挪亚和挪亚方舟里的一切走兽牲畜”的时候，祂就“叫风吹地，水势渐落”（创世记8章1节）。当上帝“顾念”不孕的拉结时，上帝就“应允了她，使她能生育”，并且怀孕生子（30章22-23节）。
在祷告中祈求上帝顾念我们，表达了我们对祂的全然信靠！上帝会决定如何回应我们的祷告，但我们仍可向祂呼求，因深知我们能谦卑祈求上帝动工。
你在生活中有哪方面需要上帝的顾念？
你愿意迫切为这些需要向上帝祈求吗？
亲爱的天父，帮助我更加明白祢如何顾念我。
当我需要祢为我动工时，求祢顾念我