Obedience, the Gift of Thanksgiving

In a study of Deuteronomy 8, Vijay explains how the only gift of thanks that can be offered to God in response to his goodness and grace to us is our obedience. Our obedience to the Lord is also the means through which the Lord flourishes us. But, obedience is never easy. Both hardship and prosperity can tempt us away from a life of obedience to the Lord. Nonetheless, every opportunity to drift away is also an opportunity to greater faithfulness and obedience. In the end, those who fail to obey risk losing life as it was truly meant to live.