Blessing and Testing
It's a likely story, isn't it? ...Looking to God when times are tough and we have no where else to turn, but then forgetting him when times are good and we feel we can rely on ourselves again. God knew that Israel would be prone to this in their new land of rich provision. God knows that any sinful human is prone to this, even when in a special relationship with him. And so, through Moses, he warns us from the beginning: Don’t forget God! Remember him! Remember that he is God in tough times and good times. Remember that he gives us everything we have and we have no right to be proud in ourselves. Remember that all of his gifts are an undeserved blessing to also bless others.
