Deuteronomy 8:10, 14 When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the Lord thy God for the good land which he hath given thee….Then thine heart be lifted up and thou forget the Lord thy God, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
When the Lord had saved Israel, provided for them, given them the land, and blessed them in it, then the response of the believer is to bless the Lord. To bless God is to say good things about Him, to appreciate Him, to praise Him, and to thank Him. And God is blessed when we graciously receive by faith what He gives. Faith is expressed in worship and praise and a life of thanksgiving. Exuberant thanks to God makes Him feel good.
The opposite response to God’s grace and blessing is to forget the Lord and what He has done for us. We forget God when pride lifts up the heart and actually thinks that I earned these blessings by my own hard work and my good works. We also forget God when we take it all for granted and just drift away by negligence and in our self-centeredness forget who it all comes from. It is too easy to forget God in our day-to-day routines, and we should not think we are so good that we do not need reminders on a weekly and daily basis.
“Bless the Lord, O my soul; and all that is within me, bless His holy name! Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits [Psalm 103:1-2].”