Happy Wednesday, y'all! :)
Deuteronomy 32:15, 18
But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked; you grew fat, you grew thick, you are obese! Then he forsook God who made him, and scornfully esteemed the Rock of his salvation...of the Rock who begot you, you are unmindful, and have forgotten the God who fathered you.
That "scornfully esteemed" phrase is also translated "lightly esteemed" in other versions. It's just one word in Hebrew, and it means "to wilt; generally to fall away, fail, faint; causatively to despise, disgrace". What do you have to do for a plant to begin to wilt? Absolutely nothing! A plant requires cultivation in order to even stay alive, much less bloom and flourish. Relationships are the same way--and our relationship with God is no different. When we stop cultivating our reverence--our estimation of God's value--it dies. We pursue what we value. Yet so often, we take the Giver of life for granted. The natural tendency of our sinful flesh is to forget God when life is going good; we become "undmindful" of Him, our focus shifts to other things. Yet it is essential that we keep Him in the center of our lives! We need to get a revelation of the greatness of our God and hold Him in the highest esteem.
Father, please forgive me for the times I've "lightly esteemed" You! Help me to see, more every day, how great You are and to keep my eyes on You.
May the Lord richly bless you with a fresh glimpse of His greatness!
Dancing in the rain,
Haley "SunShine" Miller
"Exhort one another daily while it is called 'Today'" (Hebrews 3:13)
Mornin' SunShine Website
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