Keep the Faith!

Don't we want to live in such a way that our life is content?  Things seem to be in place, everything is good?  I was reading in Deuteronomy this morning these words.

"And you shall remember the whole way that the Lord your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, testing you to know what was in your heart...And he humbled you and let you hunger and fed you with manna,...that he might make you know that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord."

Ever felt like you were in a testing season in your life?  A time when you have really been humbled?  I sure have - even now I am in a different kind of season.  Hard to even begin to explain it but God wants my heart to trust him so fully.  In a way like I never have before.  Not long after the above verses God spoke and said "Take care lest you forget the Lord your God...lest, when you have eaten and are full and have built good houses and live in them, and when your herds and flocks multiply and your silver and gold is multiplied, then your heart will be lifted up, and you forget the Lord your God."

I don't want to forget what the Lord has done in my life.  I don't want things to become so good that I begin to forget him as God warned the people of Israel.  It sure is good to take a good look at ourselves - have we forgotten the Lord?  You know the trials that we face are no fun and we just want them to end.  Hear what God said to the people of Israel about all the trials they faced in the wilderness.  "...that he might humble you and test you, to do you good in the end."  The end result of a trial we would all love to get to quickly but when we remember that the time of testing, the time of being humbled is for our good, maybe that can help us get through.  Like a parent who disciplines their child and knows that in the end it is for their own good we have to remember that we have a Father who is always looking out for our best.  I am a grown adult and my earthly father has passed away but it is good for me to know that I still have a Father who is looking out for my best interests.  I don't always 'like' what is before me but my reading this morning was a reminder to keep the faith. 

He is God - I am not.  Oh, and the 'good in the end' part.  Awesome!