Blessings of the Obedient

Deut. 28
[1] And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:
[2] And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God.
[3] Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.
[4] Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.
[5] Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store.
[6] Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out.
[7] The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways.
[Flee before thee seven ways - that is, in various directions, as always happens in a rout.]
[8] The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
[9] The LORD shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, and walk in his ways. (611 oral Law)
[10] And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the LORD; and they shall be afraid of thee.
[11] And the LORD shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers to give thee.
[12] The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.
[13] And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be
above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them:
[14] And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
G-d shall pour out His blessing from heaven upon you. If you run in the way of
G-d's testimonies, you shall have an abundance of blessing. Blessings shall come upon you, and blessings shall overtake you-in every part of your march through life. You shall continue to receive the fulfillment of the various promises of G-d which relate to all circumstances, vicissitudes, trials, stages of life, overtaking you in the time and place where most needed.
1. In all civil employments, in the field-in all agricultural pursuits.
2. All your children, increase of your kine, every animal employed in domestic and agricultural purposes shall be under the especial protection of Divine Providence.
3. Your vintage, as the basket was employed to collect those fruits, all that is laid up for future use, as well as what is prepared for present consumption.
4. Personal safety in your going out and in your return from your employment, you shall find that no evil has happened to the family or dwelling in your absence. You way shall be made prosperous before you, and you shall have the Divine blessing in all your labors.
5. A promise of security from foreign invasion, or total discomfiture of the invaders, should they enter the land. They shall come against you one-way-in the firmest and most united manner. And flee seven ways-shall be utterly broken, confounded, and finally routed.
6. Every thing that you have shall come by Divine appointment; you shall have nothing casually, but every thing, both spiritual and temporal, shall come by the immediate command of G-d.
7. This is the sum of all blessings, to be made holy, and be preserved in holiness. Here is the solemn condition; if you did not keep G-d's testimonies, taking them for the regulators of your life, and according to their direction walking in His ways, under the influence and aids of His grace, then the curses, and not the blessings, must be your portion.
The way of obedience is a straight way; it goes right forward; if you step either to right or left from this path you will not miss heaven!