Deuteronomy 28:8 The Lord will send a blessing on your barns (The Hebrew word for barns is only used two times in the Bible, here and in Proverbs 3:10, where the promise is also given and also based on obedience to the Lord. The special word for barns refers to a heaping up, a heaping together, an overflowing. The Lord says that our barns will hold an abundant harvest and that, as we obey Him and honor Him, He will make our harvest plentiful and cause such abundance in the in-gathering that it will be heaped up and overflowing. The blessing is not unconditional, however. It is conditional on our seeking Him and following after Him, As we do, He will give us increase. He promises to bless our in-gathering, heap it up, make it overflow.) and on everything you put your hand to. (Here the Lord promises to bless our efforts, our output, our expenditures. As we commit ourselves to Him, He promises to bless the work of our hands, to favor us in our endeavors, to cause our efforts to be fruitful. The Hebrew meaning of hand includes the idea of strength and power, so the Lord is also promising blessings of strength and ability in which to engage in that to which He has called us today.) The Lord your God will bless you in the land He is giving you.
(Finally, the Lord says He has given us a land of promise in which to dwell. He has granted territory to us where He will cause blessings to come upon us. The root word behind land refers to firmness and solidity. The Promised Land which the Lord offers us today is real and tangible. It is the life of promise to which He has led us. It is the reality of the lives we live out in this present existence. He has given us today, to live and move and have our being in Him, and He will bless us today in this "land," in this day.)
