When life is falling apart, we know exactly who we need. But what happens when life is good?
The bills are paid. The table is full. Nothing is wrong. And somewhere in all that comfort, a quiet voice starts saying, “You did this. You earned it.”
In Deuteronomy 8, Moses stood with Israel on the edge of the Promised Land. For forty years they had eaten manna from heaven and drunk water from a rock. Now they were about to have more than they had ever had. What worried Moses wasn’t the wilderness. It was the good land.
In this first message of our new series, The Gratitude Gap, Pastor John Hester shows why seasons of plenty can be more dangerous to our faith than seasons of hardship, and how remembering God keeps a heart grateful.
Big Idea: When life is full, REMEMBER the One who provides.
Text: Deuteronomy 8:10–18 (KJV) “But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth…” (Deut. 8:18)
