Deuteronomy 28:1-2 "And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:

2 And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God."

If you diligently obey the voice of the LORD: The word if has great importance here. In this chapter, Moses exhorted Israel to make a choice. The covenant God made with Israel contained three major features: The law, the sacrifice, and the choice. The idea behind the choice was that God was determined to reveal Himself to the world through Israel. Yahweh would do this either by making them so blessed that the world would know only God could have blessed them so; or by making them so cursed that only God could have cursed them and cause them to still survive. The choice of blessing or cursing was up to Israel, based on their faithfulness to their covenant with God.

As a literary form, this chapter is like ancient treaties between a king and his people; this is Yahweh the King, making a covenant with His people, Israel. In the ancient Near East it was customary for legal treaties to conclude with passages containing blessings upon those who observed the enactments, and curses upon those who did not.

That the LORD your God will set you high above all nations of the earth: Therefore, if Israel would obey the LORD, He would set them high above other nations. The blessings would be so powerful that they would come upon and overtake Israel. They wouldn't be able to escape the blessings.

Verses 3 to 14 of the chapter is filled with blessings. Read and claim them.

However, verses 16 to 68 are the curses. Even as with the blessings, God's purpose in cursing Israel would be for a greater goal than immediately punishing them for their sin. The curses would also become a witness to the nations.

Make sure your life is an example of blessings not curses to the world.