all the times of our prosperity as well. Especially in those times, we can easily forget him. The Israelites forgot the Lord in “a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey” (Exodus 3:8), which he had given them according to his promise. The warning God gave to his ancient people is as much in place for his well-off people today: “You may say to yourself, ‘My power and the strength of my hands have produced this wealth for me.’ But remember the LORD your God, for it is he who gives