as we enjoy HIS gifts!
(J.R. Miller, "Morning Thoughts" 1906)
you into the land HE swore to give you.
It is a land with large, prosperous cities
that you did not build. The houses will
be richly stocked with goods you did
not produce. You will draw water from
cisterns you did not dig, and you will
eat from vineyards and olive trees you
did not plant. When you have eaten
your fill in this land--
be careful not to forget the LORD, who
rescued you from slavery in the land
of Egypt!" Deuteronomy 6:10-12
The people were going to a country which
had long been possessed by a nation who
had built cities, filled fine houses with good
things, and planted vineyards. All these
things, the LORD would give to them.
They would not have to erect houses
nor plant orchards of their own.
But the danger was, that when they
had received all these things--
they would forget that they
were gifts from GOD--
and would turn away into sin.
We are not to forget the GIVER--
as we enjoy HIS gifts!
It is always a perilous thing to forget
GOD. To forget any friend who
has been good to us--
is a base sin. But to forget GOD,
to whom we owe every blessing--
is heinous ingratitude!
the FATHER for everything, in
the name of our LORD JESUS
CHRIST." Ephesians 5:20
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