“Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;”
Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses and settle down — the enumeration of blessings (food, shelter, comfort) catalogs the very goods that tempt toward forgetfulness. Each achievement of material security carries hidden spiritual peril: the more one possesses, the easier it becomes to attribute supply to one's own agency rather than to divine benevolence.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
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