Remember the Lord your God, for it is He who gives you power to get
wealth. Deuteronomy 8:18
Every Sunday in many churches, people recite the Lord's Prayer, which contains this line:
"Give us this day our daily bread" (Matthew 6:11). Then during the remainder of
the week, most of them go out and earn money to buy their food. Secretly, they may
sometimes feel like the ungrateful cartoon character who prayed before his meal and said,
"Dear God, we paid for all this ourselves, so thanks for nothing."
How easy it is to give ourselves the credit for acquiring things we needthat is,
until we're driven to our knees because of the lean times. In Deuteronomy 8:3, the Lord
reminded Israel of their hunger in the wilderness and of His daily supply of manna to
sustain them. Through this amazing provision God proved that He was their source and
provider. He wanted them to remember that it was His power, not merely their own, that
enabled them to get wealth (vv.17-18).
Writer Os Guiness recommends building a "ministry of remembering" into our
Christian living by taking stock often, by keeping a record of God's goodness, and by
thanking Him daily for countless tiny joys. These moments of remembering help us say a
decisive no to self-sufficiency. Then we can honestly pray to the Father, "Give us
this day our daily bread," with our faith resting securely in Him.
-JEY
Often we forget as we eat our daily bread,
From whom it all has come, to us who are well-fed;
But may we all remember, as we walk upon this sod,
That everything we have is from the hand of God.
-Fitzhugh
Give credit where credit is duegive thanks to God!