Deuteronomy 8

what I remember:
God instructs Israel to obey all his commands.  And to remember how God provided for them in the wilderness - He made them hungry to humble them, but met their every need - providing food and water in the wilderness for 40 years, not letting their clothes wear out during that time.  Moses tells how they will be rich in the coming land.  The land is rich, the rocks have copper and iron in them, there's lots of fruit and harvest.  But they are to remember that they were rich not because of their own strength, but because God's power.  They are to remember that.

key verse:
But remember the Lord your God!  It is he who gives you the power to become rich.  He keeps the agreement he promised to your ancestors.  So it is today.

about God:
God went to extra measures to make Israel see how dependent they are on Him.  He doesn't want them growing proud and thinking that they deserve all this.