Sometimes in order for us to see God's Glory clearly, ours must be dimmed. Israel's learned the hard way that God's Glory should not be taken for granted. God still had a plan for them, in spite of this.
God said, "Those who honor me, I will honor". This is the promise that a life lived for the Glory of the Lord, is the best life to live. In fact, it is the only real life that there is!
We learn from the great mistake of the religious leaders of Samuel's day. God will not be mocked. We can only reap fruit when we sow in in the soil of obedience