Dt. 8: God is Life

Deuteronomy 8:20 "Like the nations the LORD destroyed before you, so you will be destroyed for not obeying the LORD your God."

What I find most interesting about chapter 8, is that it describes how lively the entire world can be in obedience to God...in following His commands and decrees.

Sure, everything came from God. When the Israelites were wandering, God provided for them in amazing and unheard-of ways. Their cloaks didn't even wear out! They were never thirsty. When they were hungry (sure, they whined about it) God gave them bread. We find out here that it isn't just by bread alone that man lives, but also by the word of God. Is it the same kind of life? Is it life to a greater degree?

Verses 6 through 9 talk about how the planet itself will be productive and bountiful in man's obedience to God. Just look: "...a good land—a land with streams and pools of water, with springs flowing in the valleys and hills; a land with wheat and barley, vines and fig trees, pomegranates, olive oil and honey; a land where bread will not be scarce and you will lack nothing..." It all sounds like paradise. When would the planet become...unlivable? When man forgets God. When man ceases obedience to God.

God will not be forgotten, and when He is, He will make one remember.