In the hustle and bustle of life in the 21st century, it’s pretty easy – even for Christians – to forget how well God treats us, even when we don’t treat Him very well. Moses reminded Israel, as they were about to enter the promised land of Canaan:
For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, flowing out in the valleys and hills, a land of wheat and barley, of vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive trees and honey, a land in which you will eat bread without scarcity, in which you will lack nothing, a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills you can dig copper. And you shall eat and be full, and you shall bless the Lord your God for the good land he has given you. – Deuteronomy 8.7-10