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Thanksgiving has been described many different ways over the
years with one being that it's a holiday when the family gets together for
dinner at halftime of the football game.
Another person said he was thankful for several things: that he was not
a turkey; for short, brief sermons; that his teenagers would someday have
babies, then teenagers of their own; for snow that falls on his unraked leaves;
for equipment and appliances that can be turned off; that no one can turn off
the moon and the stars. For what are you
thankful? In Deuteronomy 8, we're
reminded, "don't forget God."
Today, Dr. Daniel reminded us of this important message that God gave
long ago to the children of Israel as they were entering the Promised
Land. They had been miraculously delivered
out of slavery, and led through the wilderness where God made water flow for
them from "flint rock". Now
they were entering into a land flowing with streams, and springs and
underground waters; a land of wheat and barley...fig trees...and honey; a land
where they may eat bread without scarcity, and where they will lack
nothing. Now the warning: Take care that
you do not forget the Lord your God, by failing to keep his commandments. And do not exalt yourself, forgetting the
Lord your God; nor say to yourself, "My power and the might of my own hand
have gotten me this wealth."
Remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you power to get
wealth. It's been said that Thanksgiving
is perhaps the most dangerous of holidays.
Not because we might eat too much, or because we travel and might have
an accident. It's because we forget
God. Even in prayer, believe it or not,
we sometimes forget God. While naming
the many blessings we've received it's even possible that our emphasis is on
the blessings rather than on the one who blessed us! As we celebrate this week, hear the reminder:
don't forget God!
Gene Kelsey, Director of Christian Education
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