Amelia Student Ministries - Amelia Church of Christ

Ok, so we are a very blessed people. Just looking at my own life, this is very evident. I have never considered myself particularly wealthy, especially by US standards, but I have also never really been in want. I have always had a place to stay and a roof over my head. I have always had a car to drive. I have always had food to eat (I am literally eating a McFlurry right now).  So even though I WANT a new  bass, and I WANT to drive a new BMW, I am clearly blessed already with what I have.

And I would say that for the most part the US as a whole is in this same boat. Now I have seen personally areas in the US that this isn’t the case, but overall, it is. I am even going to assume that all of you are in the same boat as me. For all I know, you might be reading this while eating Cheetos and sipping on a Coke.  Many of us look to God and thank Him for what we have.

However, this is a very dangerous place to be. Deuteronomy is pretty much Moses final words in monologue form. Honestly, when I die, I want my final words to be like Moses’, an epic speech of ever important thing I know… seems like a good way to go out. That’s what I call going out swinging. So when you read it, you can assume that it is all good stuff and quite important. Well, one of the things that Moses talks about is a warning about being in the exact situation we find ourselves in. Deut. 8:11-14 reads like this, “11 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.12 Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses and settle down,13 and when your herds and flocks grow large and your silver and gold increase and all you have is multiplied,14 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.”

Basically, when we are blessed like we are, it can be very hard to remember the Lord and humble ourselves. However, it is very important that we do because He is the one that gave all this stuff to us. We didn’t earn it, despite what we might think. Don’t forget this because Proverbs 3:34 says that God “mocks proud mockers but gives grace to the humble.”  If God gives grace to the humble and we are saved by grace, what does this say about being humble. Anyway, something to think about.