「喔，不會吧！」我打開一個蜂箱，發現裡面的蜂群竟然全死了。這原本是一個活躍的蜂群，有很多蜂蜜。在這個暖冬裡，我細心照顧牠們，期待可以提早採收蜂蜜。但在溫暖的天氣裡，突然一波寒流來襲，竟導致蜂群全部死亡。

我詢問了當地的養蜂專家，他們安慰我說：「許多養蜂人這次都損失很多蜂群。」暖冬給蜜蜂帶來挑戰，就算是健康的蜂群也一樣。在冬天時，蜜蜂會搧動翅膀讓蜂巢保持溫暖。但在天氣短暫變暖時，牠們就會耗盡精力尋找更多花蜜。若此時氣溫驟降，牠們就沒有力氣保暖了。「分心」導致牠們滅亡。

假如好事使我們分心，讓我們不再專注於重要的事，那麼好事也可能成為危險的壞事。摩西曾向上帝的百姓發出類似的警語。那時上帝的百姓離開了埃及，將要進入上帝賜給他們那片「有房屋，裝滿各樣美物」的地方，且坐享他人辛勞的成果（申命記6章11節）。摩西告誡他們：「你吃了而且飽足。那時你要謹慎，免得你忘記……耶和華。」（11-12節）

在蒙福時記得上帝，這對我們有益，因「各樣美善的恩賜和各樣全備的賞賜」都源於上帝（雅各書1章17節）。當我們謙卑地回應上帝美善的恩賜，盡心、盡性、盡力愛祂時（申命記6章5節），就能在祂裡面得到最美好的福分。

“Oh no!” That was my response upon opening a beehive and discovering the colony had suddenly died. It had been a thriving hive with lots of honey. I’d carefully maintained it throughout a mild winter and anticipated an early harvest. But a cold snap in the warm weather had led to collapse.

I checked with local experts. “Many beekeepers lost hives this time,” they reassured me. Mild winters present challenges for bees, even healthy hives. Bees fan their wings to maintain warmth in the hive in winter, but when the weather warms briefly, they exhaust themselves seeking even more food. If temperatures drop quickly, they don’t have strength to keep warm. Their “distraction” leads to destruction.

Even good things can become dangers when they turn us from what matters most. Moses cautioned God’s people about this after they left Egypt and before they entered the land God was about to give them—a land with “houses filled with all kinds of good things” that they “did not provide” (Deuteronomy 6:11). “When you eat and are satisfied,” Moses warned, “be careful that you do not forget the Lord” (vv. 11-12).

Remembering God in our blessings helps us because He is the source of “every good and perfect gift” (James 1:17). When we humbly respond to His goodness by loving Him with heart, soul, and strength (Deuteronomy 6:5), we find in Him the best blessing of all.