Deuteronomy 32:15-18 (NIV)
15 Jeshurun grew fat and kicked; filled with food, he became heavy and sleek.
He abandoned the God who made him and rejected the Rock his Savior. 16 They
made him jealous with their foreign gods and angered him with their detestable
idols. 17 They sacrificed to demons, which are not God—gods they had not known,
gods that recently appeared, gods your fathers did not fear. 18 You deserted
the Rock, who fathered you; you forgot the God who gave you birth.
These people had been an upright and seeing people, but they had lost their
reputation. They had abandoned God, their rock, their salvation. And instead
had traded God for idols and demons. These gods their fathers had not feared
because they had only feared the one true God who protected them. God reminds
them and says, you forgot who gave you birth. In other words, you forgot who
put you here.
Even the most upright Christian person can fall and loose their way, loose
their reputation, loose their friends, maybe even loose their family. They
forget their Rock, their Savior, their God that placed them where they are and
they let sin lead them away. Some may wander so far from God that they find new
gods in their life and desert the God who always kept them safe. But our God
never leaves us. He is always there calling to us, reminding us of our
misdeeds. He wants us to return to Him and give up the powerless demons for a
powerful God. Pray that if you are slipping away you will return to your God.
Pray that Christ will strengthen you and walk with you in your journey. He is
your ROCK, your SALVATION.