May God be gracious to us and bless us;
may he make his face shine upon us Selah
so that your way may be known on Earth,
your salvation among all nations.
Let the peoples praise you, God;
let all the peoples praise you.
Let the nations rejoice and shout for joy,
for you judge the people with fairness
and lead the nations on Earth. Selah
Let the peoples praise you, God,
let all the peoples praise you.
The earth has produced its harvest;
God, our God, blesses us.
God will bless us,
and all the ends of the earth will fear him.
Psalm 67
In Exodus 33, Moses asks to see God’s glory. God makes provisions for Moses to enter into His presence but tells him, “You cannot see my face, for humans cannot see me and live.” In light of that verse, the blessing at the beginning of Psalm 67 is that we not only get to be in the presence of God but we also have the privilege of having His face turned toward us. God doesn’t turn His back on us when things are not right in the world.
Instead, He bends low and enters into the mess with us, and He is gracious.
The word Selah comes after that sentence to indicate a pause. Selah is an invitation to take a breath and soak in what was just read.
Today, let’s look to God who guides us in the unknown. Let’s praise God who leads us.
Pause and rest in that truth.
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I don’t know where it is in the Bible but it does say it in the Bible. ” Let everything that has breath praise the Lord” Yes let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Like us who are alive. So let us Praise God for giving us breath for being alive to enjoy another day in his beautiful world. As with out God blessings us to have the breath to be alive and wake us up each day to enjoy each day in world we would not be able to enjoy it. So as the title of today reading says is so true. “Let the People’s praise the Lord” and as you read on in today message no matter what mess we are in to keep praising God through it all. To know no matter what going on in our lives God doesn’t turn his back on us. He get into the mess with us if we ask him to help us through it. Helps us get through it. But we have to let him guide us through it. Do as he tells us to help us get through it. Stand on the promises in his word and prayer. When we do get through it. Thank him for helping us get through it. Thank you for today’s reading. Love it. Keeping you all in prayer. Love Dawn Ferguson-Little xx ❣️
The Bible is not stories. The events really happened. Satan attacks telling people the Bible is just stories. We don’t need to give in to that. But I love your stories of real life struggles. I also loved the importance of really being there for people not saying quickly well God is there for you but deeply loving them in the eye saying I believe you and we are going to find the best way forward with God. So important. Thank you
❤️ your transparency
In Courage,
God is trying to tell me something. Last Sunday at church they talked about worshipping God. Giving God our praise not just on Sunday Morning but all the time! God has always been there in my trials & tribulations. He heard my cries & comforted me. Because of that & the fact Jesus left the splendor of Heaven to come to broken Earth & die my horrible death. He took the punishment I should have received. For those reasons I will lift my voice & sing loudly–probably off key, but praising Jesus & God none the less.
Blessings 🙂
Yes I find it good