But know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment
Nehemiah 9:25
So they ate and were filled and became fat and delighted themselves in your great goodness.
“Nevertheless, they were disobedient and rebelled against you and cast your law behind their back and killed your prophets, who had warned them in order to turn them back to you, and they committed great blasphemies
Deuteronomy 31:16
Then this people will rise and whore after the foreign gods among them in the land that they are entering, and they will forsake me and break my covenant that I have made with them. Then my anger will be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them and hide my face from them, and they will be devoured. And many evils and troubles will come upon them, so that they will say in that day, ‘Have not these evils come upon us because our God is not among us
Deuteronomy 32:15
then he forsook God who made him and scoffed at the Rock of his salvation
Numbers 15:39
And it shall be a tassel for you to look at and remember all the commandments of the Lord, to do them, not to follow after your own heart and your own eyes, which you are inclined to whore after. So you shall remember and do all my commandments, and be holy to your God.
Ecclesiastes 11:9
Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and the sight of your eyes. But know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment
Ezekiel 9:9
how I have been broken over their whoring heart that has departed from me and over their eyes that go whoring after their idols
Such examples and warnings from the past should remind us to be mindful of the trap of complacency. Note that in their time of blessing they rebelled and followed the ways of their heart and eyes. It is so easy to drift from God when things are going so well. I wonder at times if we truly rely on God for each day but rather stand content in salvation and look no further for personal growth in understanding and living for God every single day. Trust me I know all of the excuses – special projects at work, special projects at him, activities with friends, activities with family, activities with children, and after this we try to work God into the picture. This is not how it is to be. God should be first and all the rest second. Would you be willing to do anything for the person who gave his son for you so that your death sentence was removed? If that person asked anything of you, would you not do it out of thankfulness? God not only gave His son but He also gave His Holy Spirit to us so that we would have an indwelling presence of Him and be able to live in a way that honors and glorifies Him for who He is, what He has done, and what He will do. He also gave precious promises to us so that we would be encouraged to follow this path of honoring Him. Make Him first. Our heart needs to desire Him more than the world and our eyes need to seek to see the wonder of His hand every moment.
