No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it. God would test the sincerity of their effort to put him first. They would be tested by false prophets . Nothing demonstrates our willingness to follow God more than the leaders we choose to lead us.
Leaders are simply a reflection of the purpose and direction of our lives.
They are a reflection of the values we hold. The LORD your God is testing you to find out whether you love him with all your heart and with all your soul. It is the LORD your God you must follow, and him you must revere. You must purge the evil from among you. As they have done from the day I brought them up out of Egypt until this day, forsaking me and serving other gods, so they are doing to you.