Deuteronomy 7:13 He will love you and bless you and increase your numbers. (The Lord, very simply, will love, bless, and multiply us. As we continue in relationship with Him, choosing Him and choosing to obey His ways, any demands He places on us are generously offset by the varied and abundant blessings He pours out on us.) He will bless the fruit of your womb, the crops of your land— your grain, new wine and olive oil— the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks in the land he swore to your ancestors to give you. (His blessings begin with the most inner part of us, the most treasured, as He vows His watchful care and blessing when we fulfill His initial charge to humankind that we increase, that we reproduce ourselves, that we multiply and expand. His blessings then extend to very practical matters that involve the work of our hands, our livelihood, our subsistence. He promises to bless the work we do and to supply what we need to do that work. Then He promises expanded wealth and prosperity. Finally, He reminds us once again that He has not forgotten His promise to provide a dwelling place for us where we abide in Him, a place He assures us is a place where we overcome, where we are victorious, and where we rest in Him.)
