What began as a promise…
For I command you today to love the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him, and to keep his commands, decrees and laws; then you will live and increase, and the Lord your God will bless you in the land you are entering to possess.”
Deuteronomy 30:16 NIV
“When I have brought them into the land flowing with milk and honey, the land I promised on oath to their ancestors, and when they eat their fill and thrive, they will turn to other gods and worship them, rejecting me and breaking my covenant.”
Deuteronomy 31:20 NIV
The enemy of worship is fat and sassy complacency.
Comforts and satisfactions provided solely through the goodness of God birth in us perversions and abandonments of the very God who provides our sustenance.
“You deserted the Rock, who fathered you; you forgot the God who gave you birth.”
Deuteronomy 32:18 NIV
Becoming a little too satisfied and a little too comfortable, like an addiction, causes us to lose sight of life balance and thankfulness for the healthy dependencies and relationships we need and enjoy.
The Christian life is designed to be sufficient, not comfortable.
As you prepare to enter a new year, pray for God to provide what you need, not necessarily your list of wants.
Christmas is over. You’re no longer children. Time to grow up and into thankful men and women with higher and holier aspirations and a humble return to God.