“It Is He Who Gives You The
Ability To Produce Wealth”
For the LORD your God
is bringing you into a good land—a land with brooks, streams, and deep springs
gushing out into the valleys and hills; a land with wheat and barley, vines and
fig trees, pomegranates, olive oil and honey; a land where bread will not be
scarce and you will lack nothing; a land where the rocks are iron and you can
dig copper out of the hills.
When you have eaten
and are satisfied, praise the LORD your God for the good land he has given you.
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. He
led you through the vast and dreadful wilderness, that thirsty and waterless
land, with its venomous snakes and scorpions. He brought you water out of hard
rock. He gave you manna to eat in the wilderness, something your ancestors had
never known, to humble and test you so that in the end it might go well with
you. You may say to yourself, “My power and the strength of my hands have
produced this wealth for me.” But remember the LORD your God, for it is he who
gives you the ability to produce wealth, and so confirms his covenant, which he
swore to your ancestors, as it is today.
Deuteronomy
8:7-18
Moses told the
Israelites about the wealth and prosperity in the
Everything you have
comes from God. We may be tempted to forget that it’s the Lord who has blessed
us and has met our needs. Our lives will be full, abundant, and satisfying only
when we are connected to Jesus Christ.
Never let
the abundance of God’s gifts cause you to forget the Giver.
Our Daily Bread –