Their success, fruitfulness and prosperity depended entirely upon them following the ways of the Lord. If they turned to other gods they would find that disaster would follow. The same can happen today. Someone can turn to God and find that He makes big changes in their life. Then they start to forget about God and turn to other things, the benefits they have received will soon start to fade away.
So what are we to do to avoid this? One of the most important things is to feed upon the word of God, and to instruct our families in the word of God. The word of God is to be a normal and pervasive part of daily life. The Israelites were instructed to always have the word before them. The Bible is not just for special times, but for all times.
If they did continue with the Lord then they would experience victory, and their enemies would experience terror.
So the people had a choice: follow the Lord and enjoy a victorious life, or follow other gods and suffer the consequences. The same choice is before us today.
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