remember

It is good to remember where we have been and how God pulled us through. It is good to remember our mistakes so we don't keep repeating them. - these ideas seem central to the first chapters of Deuteronomy.

One thing that struck me was how applicable this is to present day:

Deut 8:17 You may say to yourself, "My power and the strength of my hands have produced this wealth for me." 18 But remember the LORD your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth, and so confirms his covenant, which he swore to your forefathers, as it is today.

Sometimes it is easy to remember God when things are easy and don't look so good and you don't have anywhere else to turn. But harder to remember God when things are going well and you seem to be in control and taking care of yourself.