Charles Spurgeon Commentary Deuteronomy 6:3

"Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as Jehovah, the God of thy fathers, hath promised unto thee, in a land flowing with milk and honey." — Deuteronomy 6:3 (ASV)

Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with you, and that you may increase mightily, as the LORD God of your fathers has promised you, in the land that flows with milk and honey.

It seems, according to the old covenant, that temporal prosperity was appended as a blessing to the keeping of God's commandments.

It has been sometimes said that while prosperity was the blessing of the old covenant, adversity is the blessing of the new. There is some truth in that statement, for whom the Lord loves he chastens.

And yet, it is true that the best thing for a man is that he should walk in the commands of God.

There is a sense in which we do make the best of both worlds when we seek the love of God.

When we seek first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness, other things are added to us; so that it is not without meaning to us that the Lord here promises temporal blessings to his people.