Consider
asking all those present at tomorrow’s Thanksgiving meal to take a moment to
listen well as you read aloud the following passage.
Although it speaks the language of a different age, the message could not
be more relevant to each of us today.
"Obey
the laws of the Lord your God. Walk in his ways and fear him. 7 For
the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land of brooks, pools, gushing
springs, valleys, and hills; 8 it is a land of wheat and
barley, of grape vines, fig trees, pomegranates, olives, and honey; 9 it
is a land where food is plentiful, and nothing is lacking; it is a land where
iron is as common as stone, and copper is abundant in the hills. 10 When
you have eaten your fill, bless the Lord your God for the good land he has given
you.
11 "But that is the time to be careful! Beware that in your plenty you don’t forget the Lord your God and begin to disobey him. 12 For when you have become full and prosperous and have built fine homes to live in, and when your flocks and herds have become very large, and your silver and gold have multiplied,
14 that is the time to watch out that you don’t become proud and forget the Lord your God who brought you out of your slavery in the land of Egypt. 15 Beware that you don’t forget the God who led you through the great and terrible wilderness with the dangerous snakes and scorpions, where it was so hot and dry. He gave you water from the rock! 16 He fed you with manna in the wilderness (it was a kind of bread unknown before) so that you would become humble and so that your trust in him would grow, and he could do you good. 17 He did it so that you would never feel that it was your own power and might that made you wealthy. 18 Always remember that it is the Lord your God who gives you power to become rich, and he does it to fulfill his promise to your ancestors.
19 "But if you forget about the Lord your God and worship other gods instead, and follow evil ways, you shall certainly perish, 20 just as the Lord has caused other nations in the past to perish. That will be your fate, too, if you don’t obey the Lord your God” Deuteronomy 8:6-20 (TLB)
11 "But that is the time to be careful! Beware that in your plenty you don’t forget the Lord your God and begin to disobey him. 12 For when you have become full and prosperous and have built fine homes to live in, and when your flocks and herds have become very large, and your silver and gold have multiplied,
14 that is the time to watch out that you don’t become proud and forget the Lord your God who brought you out of your slavery in the land of Egypt. 15 Beware that you don’t forget the God who led you through the great and terrible wilderness with the dangerous snakes and scorpions, where it was so hot and dry. He gave you water from the rock! 16 He fed you with manna in the wilderness (it was a kind of bread unknown before) so that you would become humble and so that your trust in him would grow, and he could do you good. 17 He did it so that you would never feel that it was your own power and might that made you wealthy. 18 Always remember that it is the Lord your God who gives you power to become rich, and he does it to fulfill his promise to your ancestors.
19 "But if you forget about the Lord your God and worship other gods instead, and follow evil ways, you shall certainly perish, 20 just as the Lord has caused other nations in the past to perish. That will be your fate, too, if you don’t obey the Lord your God” Deuteronomy 8:6-20 (TLB)
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