Deuteronomy 28:3-6 – Overtaken by God’s blessings

We have established that the key that would unlock God’s blessings on His people would be their obedience. Deuteronomy 28:1-2 indisputably asserted that. God had set His people up to be blessed. But the choice to unlock the blessings would rest with them. Unless they obeyed Him, they would not experience God’s blessings stipulated in those verses. Obedience, as we have discovered, was a decision that one would make to trust in the unlimited wisdom and resources of the faithful God rather than in one’s own limited capacity.

Now in Deuteronomy 28:3-6, we see the clear affirmation that when the people of God had made the decision to obey Him and diligently carried it through, blessings would pursue them. They would experience blessings in practically every aspect of their living. Simply put, verses 3-6 meant that God’s blessings could be found in their national life, their home life, their working life, as well as in their daily living. Yes, and even in their leisure. There would be no area of their lives that the blessings and favor of God would be left out and not found.

We wonder if the promises delineated in Deuteronomy 28:3-6 will also be ours, seeing that their contexts and ours are quite different? The answer is an unambiguous yes. Why? It is because of the immutability of God. He is unchanging in His character, will, and covenant promises. In Christ, the wonderful declaration of Ephesians 1:3-4 becomes true of us. It states, ^“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before Him.” If God had taken care of our eternal life, will He not take care of our earthly life as well now? Of course, He will. In Romans 8:32,  Paul’s rhetorical question asked, “He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him over for us all, how will He not also with Him freely give us all things?” This rhetorical question presupposes yes for an answer. That is, in Christ Jesus, God will bless us, His followers, with all things. God has set us up to receive His abundant blessings in Christ Jesus. Note, however, that obeying Him remains the condition that will ensure the release of those blessings. With God, every day is a blessing! Hallelujah! Praise His Name!