Psalm 67 begins with words that everyone has ever prayed - or at least we have prayed the sentiment.
"May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face shine on us—"
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We want God's blessing and His smile. If God blesses us we know our lives will be full and content. So we pray this for ourselves and for our loved ones - perhaps every day. But how often do we pray the sentiment of the next sentence in Psalm 67?
What a large view of life the psalmist has. His prayers are so often God-centered. So he prays for God's blessing in order that others will be blessed through him and those with him (probably meaning the nation of Israel). In effect he prays, "God bless us so that many others will come to know you among the nations."
As God blesses you, your family, your faith community - are you frequently praying that His blessing will flow through you to bless others? How is the health, the skills, the opportunities, the money that you and yours have been given - how is it being used so that others will come to know our God - where you live and among the nations?
"May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face shine on us—"
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We want God's blessing and His smile. If God blesses us we know our lives will be full and content. So we pray this for ourselves and for our loved ones - perhaps every day. But how often do we pray the sentiment of the next sentence in Psalm 67?
"- so that your ways may be known on earth, your salvation among all nations."
What a large view of life the psalmist has. His prayers are so often God-centered. So he prays for God's blessing in order that others will be blessed through him and those with him (probably meaning the nation of Israel). In effect he prays, "God bless us so that many others will come to know you among the nations."
As God blesses you, your family, your faith community - are you frequently praying that His blessing will flow through you to bless others? How is the health, the skills, the opportunities, the money that you and yours have been given - how is it being used so that others will come to know our God - where you live and among the nations?
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