11:13-15
The Lord is the one who provides for the land, therefore the only sensible thing to do is to obey the Lord. We then get a reminder of the greatest commandment, to love Him with all heart and soul. If they did this, then the Lord would send rain on the land in its season, the crops would then grow, and all the necessary harvest could be gathered in. God would also provide grass for the cattle and other livestock. So they would have all that they needed.
11:16
So it all seems very simple, obey the Lord and all will be well. Yet we know that life is not that simple, and all because of the sin within our hearts. The people would have to be on their guard. As Peter says in 1 Pet 1:13, we need to be alert with minds ready for action. For otherwise we will be enticed away from God. The Israelites would be surrounded by all sorts of gods and idols and would be tempted to bow down to them instead of to the Lord.
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