What is Obedience to God?

by Ed Elliott

“If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land: But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it” (Isaiah 1:19–20).

For many years, I heard these verses quoted to suggest that my obedience would let me enjoy great success and have the best the land could offer. On the contrary, if I was disobedient it…