In my previous post, I wrote about how the Lord promised to give strength to Israel to go in and conquer the land. But the strength came from an unusual source, it came as they obeyed the words of the Lord: “Soon you will cross the Jordan River , and if you obey the laws and teachings I'm giving you today, you will be strong enough to conquer the land.” (Deut 11:8) I also wrote that we are not part of those to whom that strength was given in order to go in and conquer the land. Nonetheless, it is important to obey God’s word. We can see that from the opposite, that is when we disobey, our strength can be dried up: “ For day and night your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was dried up.” (Ps 32:4) Normally, in order for our bodies to function properly and effectively, we need fuel and that fuel is food. And without the fuel, we would have no strength. Yet there is a food that is necessary, not just for strength, but for life: “...