You shall walk in all the way that the LORD your God has commanded you, that you may live, and that it may go well with you, and that you may live long in the land that you shall possess.
Deuteronomy 5:33
When Moses set before Israel all the Law of God, as it is summarized in this book of Deuteronomy, the people were expected to commit to obeying it in its entirety. With that obedience would come great blessing. It is always worth it to believe and obey what God asks of His people.
There are four blessings that were promised in this verse. The first is the blessing of life itself. When Israel kept the Law they lived. They thrived and knew a unique life as the covenant people of God. Obedience to the Law brought life. And along with that life. It brought a solid personal standard of living that was enjoyable. Obedience to God gave His people lives that “went well”. The general standard of living as well as the experience of life went well. For those who kept God’s Law under Moses the motto was “Life is good”.
The third blessing was that not only was life good, but life was long. God promised that obedience to His Word would bless His people with a long life in the land that they would live in. A long good life sounds very appealing. And that came with a final blessing. They would possess an inheritance in the Promised Land. They would live long, good lives and pass blessings on to the next generation. They would possess blessings in a land that was their very own. Wandering slaves would finally have an inheritance.
The truth is that God blesses obedience to His Word. And now in Christ there are even better blessings: a life made good by His righteousness… made full by the filling of His Spirit… lacking nothing in His care… and worth commending to others and to the next generation by proclaiming the gospel so that the world may know and also possess this blessed life!
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