I have been in Deuteronomy for the past few days. I am stuck on a few verses in chapter 8. Starting in verse 11 it says:
"Be careful that you do not forget the LORD your God, failing to observe his commands, his laws and his decrees that I am giving you this day. Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses and settle down, and when your herds and flocks grow large and your silver and gold increase and all you have is multiplied, then your heart will become proud and you will forget the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery."
Have you ever noticed when thigs are going good, we start to forget about God. We actually start believing that we got to this point on our own. As if we really have control. Yet, what happens when times get rough? Who is the first "person we go running to? That's right. "God please help me. God, please give me. God make the pain go away." We are such needy animals. Remeber Jesus' statement about "the birds of the air have nests but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head. Why are we so convinced that we deseve so much. The Son of God had nothing and we want everything.
I have to learn to praise God in the sunshine as well as the rain. He made both with his own hands.
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