My hand and my might has gotten me where I am, and all I have. In contrast, you are to remember. But the command is not to remember this point, or to keep this in your head. Remembering is doing. He establishes His covenant through making our work efficacious.
Life is simple.
Obey or die . The Word of God speaks to us in our condition. Remembering is doing remembering is not intellectual regurgitation. Obey or die we may want a gentler religion. Well, go find a false one then.