Deuteronomy 6-9 Thanks!

Today was, truly, a wonderful day. I was incredibly blessed with wonderful people, and a truly delightful day.

This is the kind of day that I thank God for and happily bring to a close with my head on my pillow.

Tonight, the most repeated idea that I came across in scripture was this…

“Do not become prideful when things go well”

Tonight, Moses repeated the fact that the Israelites had nothing apart from God.
He knew that a day might come when Israel might see themselves as the reason for success. He knew that they might eventually forget that God did everything for them.

He encouraged them not to let that happen…in order for Israel to survive, all of the credit had to go to God.

I am afraid that I have, definitely, been guilty of exactly what Moses feared for Israel. It is so easy to become prideful, it is easy to think of all of the work that I put into something and to forget that, apart from God, we have nothing.

My challenge for today is to, constantly, thank God for success. Whenever something good happens, praise God! That way, we might not forget that everything good comes from him anyway!

Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.

James 1:17