Then, beware.....

Nestled in the middle of verses 11 and 12 in the 6th chapter of Deuteronomy are a set of simple words that are as alive and prophetic as when they were written those thousands of years ago.

"...when you have eaten and are full - then beware, lest you forget the Lord..."

I say, as believers since that time have said, forgive me, Lord, for forgetting the giver of  all the blessings of my life. Forgive me, Lord, for taking, in any way, credit for my sustenance and accomplishments, all of which You have graciously provided and made possible.

In Numbers 20, we see Moses, if for just a moment, take credit away from God and he is not allowed into the Promised Land. God expected more out of Moses and He expects more out of you and I. As I look back on my life, not only have I made decisions that have cost me, but I have taken credit away from God at times and claimed it for myself and, repeatedly the action has kept me from a "Promised Land" with which God was about to Bless me.

I thank God for sanctification. My repentance is quicker to come now as my humility is more pronounced and His forgiveness is fresh every day. I used to try and change on my own and I was terribly unsuccessful, now I ask God to change my heart and He is doing a work in my life! I fully expect to fail at times, as we all will, but I know He is there, when I "remember" Him, to continue His work towards that day of perfection He has written for me in The Lambs Book of Life.

"But I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. The city had no need of the sun or of the moon to shine in it, for the glory of God illuminated it. The Lamb is it's light. And the nations of those who are saved shall walk in its light and the kings of the earth bring their glory and honor into it. Its gates shall not be shut at all by day (there shall be no night there), and they shall bring glory and the honor of the nations into it. But there shall by no means enter it anything that defiles, or causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb's Book of Life."  Rev. 21:22-27.