In these chapters, you can see a supernatural law at work. The people are blessed to be chosen by God among the peoples of the world. They were not chosen because they were more numerous or more righteous than others.
God promised that if they obeyed Him, even more blessings would follow. In Chapter 11, material blessing would come from rain. Israel is located on the backside of a desert. When it rains in season, the increase of the land is plentiful. When it doesn't rain, there is famine. God tied the rain to their obedience.
God first chose us to. He gave us His Son for forgiveness, certainly not because we were deserving. And as we obey, we are given more grace and blessing. But God's grace in our times is not always in material blessing, but sometimes in eternal blessings and contentment.
The Israelites were put in a geographical place where they were dependent on the material blessings of God to not only thrive, but in many circumstances just to survive. We are to live our lives in the same way - always dependent on God! He is the ultimate source of every good thing we have. We, like the Israelites, are called to live a life of dependent faith.
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