Something from the book Deuteronomy with Moses speaking:

"'When the Lord your god has brought you into the land he promised your ancestors, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and when he has given you great cities full of good things---cities you didn't build, wells you didn't dig, and vineyards and olive trees you didn't plant---and when you have eaten until you can hold no more, then beware lest you forget the Lord who brought you out of the land of Egypt, the land of slavery.

"'When you are full, don't forget to be reverent to him and to serve him and to use his name alone to endorse your promises.'"

~ Deuteronomy 6: 10 - 13

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Bible Commentary: "Moses warned the people not to forget God when they entered the Promised Land and became prosperous. Prosperity more than poverty, can dull our spiritual vision, because it tends to focus our thoughts on 'more and better' rather than on 'here and now'. Rather than being content with what we have or what God has done, we wish for what might have been or desire what we could have. We then become driven by our need to have more of everything except God. The same thing can happen in the church. Once it becomes successful in terms of numbers, programs, and buildings. It can easily become less sensitive to its need for God. This leads it to concentrate on self-preservation rather than thankfulness and service to God."

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