According to their pasture, so were they filled; They were filled, and their heart was exalted. Therefore they have forgotten me.
Whatever suns of imminence or glory may beat down on man's head, it is only for an instant.  Soon he must go down to the oblivion from whence he came.  He must subside.  He must repose in death, and only the power of the Eternal God can raise him from the grave.  How tragic, then, that so many live out their brief hour upon earth without remembering God, the Creator. Four times God thundered the warning from the Book of Deuteronomy, "Beware lest thou forget Jehovah thy God!"   (Deuteronomy 6:10; 8:11, etc.)