Deuteronomy 8:11-14
Make sure you don't forget God, your God...make sure that when you eat and are satisfied, build pleasant houses and settle in, see...more and more money come in, watch your standard of living go up and up--make sure you don't become so full of yourself and your things that you forget God, your God.
That is a lot of making sure.
The problem with the admonition "make sure" is that is puts the responsibility squarely in our court.
If your boss says, "Make sure you turn off the coffeemaker before you leave," and the building burns down because you didn't make sure, then that is pretty much your fault.
If you tell your child, "Make sure you remember to take your homework," and the call comes an hour later pleading with you to bring it to school, that is pretty much your child's failure to remember.
Making sure requires accepting the responsibility and then remembering.
It sounds like God is saying, in effect, Make sure you accept the responsibility of living this life with all I have given you and remember to give Me the credit, over and over. Make sure to remember Me.
No matter what you are making sure of, it takes effort.
Make sure you consider remembering God. It might be the best alternative to becoming full of ourselves.
