WHO OWNS THESE PRODUCTS?

 

“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.”

Deuteronomy 8:18.

The world is getting fast in progress technologically and materially. The people are getting rich and rich, mansions are seen everyplace, cities are decorated with numerous buildings and establishments, expensive vehicles are plenteous that running to and fro all around, bountiful products displayed in the markets and in every corner of the cities, great amount of moneys are in the banks from the diligent and dexterous people. All these are works and efforts of strength and wisdom that appear as the product of man’s own personal endeavor. It is something to be proud of by man. Here, man mind puffs up and the heart gets proud.

Looking the picture of the condition above, there is abundance in human life and because of that magnificent technologies and progress as result of man’s work, man is not a just but appears to be powerful and intelligence individual that has something to be proud of. Man appears to be has the right to claim those great things as his own as a result of his endeavor. This feeling and thinking have deceived many people. Man looks all these things as their product. This feeling and thinking blurred the minds to acknowledge God’s providence and claims and this pushed more people to become proud, self-centered, selfish, and greedy. Since man forgets God because of that, they forget God’s command: to love, share, and help one another and to involve in God’s business.

In the chapter of the passage, God warns the Israel of the probable things to happen to their minds and heart, He said; “be Observe the commands of the Lord your God…for the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land (where milk and honeys flows freely)…be careful that you do not forget the Lord your God…otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build houses and settled down and when your herds and flocks grow large and your silver and gold increase and all you have is multiplied , then your heart will become proud and you will forget the Lord your God… You may say to yourself, ‘My power and the strength of my hands have produced this wealth for me.’ But remember the Lord your Lord, 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 (Deut. 8:6, 7,11-14, 17,18).

This warning is a warning to all people of today also. Not to forget the Lord but acknowledge Him as the one who gives all: strength, power, wealth, and life. If only people acknowledge God as the one who gives all we have, man becomes humble and obedient, and compassionate and generous, diligent and competent for he knows that it is God who provides according to His purpose. Let us acknowledge God always!