Repetition. Get the vibe of this post yet. Repetition. It’s about the power of…repetition.

Take Psalm 107 for instance.

Some wandered in desert wastelands, hungry and thirsty, their lives wasting away.

Verse 6: Then they cried out for the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress. 

Some sat in darkness and the deepest gloom, as prisoners, because they rebelled against the words of God and despised His counsel.

Verse 13: Then they cried out for the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress. 

Others saw the works of God on the seas, but in their peril their courage melted away, and they reeled and staggered like drunken men.

Verse 28: Then they cried out for the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress. 

Getting the picture? Whether you are lost, rebellious or weak, it’s the same outcome. Cry out in trouble, and be delivered. Again, and again. Repetition.

2 Peter 1:12 – So I will always remind you of these things, even though you know them and are firmly established in the truth you now have. I think it is right to refresh your memory as long as I live in the tent of this body.”

For all of the adult learners out there, we need to hear things more than once. We need them reinforced so that our muscle memory responds correctly when we really need it.  It’s important that we meditate on what we know to be true, and that we continue to revisit in the name of remembering.  It isn’t really memorization as much as it is keeping our minds sharp. Otherwise, we’re very likely to forget a lot of basic things that can come in quite handy.

The other nice thing about repetition is that is provides consistency and predictability. Security, if you will. It’s great that God is unwavering, that with complete accuracy you can predict His response. What if others could say the same about us and how we respond to the world around us?