The Practice of Obedience

The Lord has promised His harvest to those who obey His call (see Isaiah 62:8-9).

"I will never again give your grain as food for your enemies; Nor will foreigners drink your new wine, for which you have labored" (NASB).

During the years when Israel had remained silent before the Lord, the enemy had consumed everything for which the Israelites had worked. Their silence was evidence that they had a self-sufficient attitude, having forgotten the Lord's power and provision.

Without God's protection the enemy is allowed to consume us at the point of our need.