Forgetting God in Prosperity
“As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame.” -Hosea 4:7
Above we read one of God’s complaints against His people Israel: that the more He blessed and increased them, the more and more they sinned against Him.
So many times, we put God into a tough position: we ask God to bless us, and yet we are not prepared spiritually for His goodness. We think that we will be grateful to God for His gifts, yet many times we are so distant to God that any blessing or answering of prayer would only serve to distract us and drive us farther away from our Lord.
“When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the LORD thy God for the good land which he hath given thee. Beware that thou forget not the LORD thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee this day:” -Deuteronomy 8:10-11
God truly wants us to remember Him in all that we do, and in the good times as well as the bad. It may be that He does not pour out an abundant blessing on us at the present moment because He is simply preparing our hearts for the future.
To get wealth and happiness—and to forget God—is no blessing at all, but a terrible curse. The loving and all-knowing God does not seek to bring such a misfortune upon His children.
“Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.” -Psalm 37:4
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