That which gives pleasure to God will bring pleasure to us.

"Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may prosper in all that ye do"(Deut 29:9).

In the book of Deuteronomy you'll read much about the blessings of obeying the commandments of the Lord. Some Christians today dismiss the idea that obedience to law of God is a condition for blessings as something true only in the Old Testament. Although salvation is not based upon ones obedience to the law of God, (Eph, 2:8) the blessings of God are not denied to those who are faithful to God's word.

There are great and precious promises in the New Testament that we love to claim but sometimes we disregard the promise that God will not overlook the sin in our lives. But know this that "No blessing can come to us or ours through dishonesty or double dealing. The ways of worldly conformity and unholiness cannot bring good to us or ours. It will go well with us when we go well before God. If integrity does not make us prosper, knavery will not. That which gives pleasure to God will bring pleasure to us." (CS)