- The earth has yielded its increase; God, our God, shall bless us. God shall bless us; let all the ends of the earth fear him! Psalm 67:6-7 – This short psalm does wonders to help us know our purpose in life and how to find the blessings God gives. The image we’re given in our verses above is God blessing His people, so much so that even the earth itself is feeling the blessing. Yet where did our psalm start? We have God being gracious and choosing to bless His people. Those blessed people then go out and make the Lord known among the peoples and nations. All nations then will praise the Lord and sing for joy, and as a result of God’s people doing the work of sharing His wonders with the nations, God promises to bless them again. And the cycle restarts. God blesses, we share His blessings, God blesses us again, we share again, as so on… This is why you’re alive today, and this may be also why you’re feeling empty today. You’re alive to share the blessings you have of God. Maybe you have no financial blessings to share, but you do have knowledge of Him you can share with someone. As to why you may be feeling empty, have you broken this God designed cycle? Has God blessed, but instead of sharing the blessing you kept it all for yourself? God then hasn’t been able to refresh with blessing, making it of no surprise you feel drained and distant from the Lord. Go out somehow today and share with someone about the Lord. Tell them how much Jesus loves them or help someone know today they aren’t invisible to you nor God. Your purpose and blessing are found in this cycle seen in this psalm. Receive what God gives, share it, receive again, and share again. Simple, but this is what will change the world. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 3480
- May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face to shine upon us, Selah that your way may be known on earth, your saving power among all nations. Psalms 67:1-2 – In these two verses we see the complete purpose of our life with God. First that God would shine His face on us, to look on us and pour out His favor and grace on us. Then taking all that as fuel we go out and let the world know about God’s ways and the power He has to save! This passage for me is resonating with so much of what God has been working in me this year so far, to settle even deeper into the real reason as to why we exist. To love Him and to love people. Reflect on all that God has poured out on you and in you. Then, show the world they can have all that too! I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 1130
- Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise you! Let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you judge the peoples with equity and guide the nations upon earth. Selah Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise you! Psalm 67:3-5 – All the people. I love the sound of that! Everyone everywhere singing God’s praise. Every tribe, every nation, in every language singing and worshiping Jesus. Every knee bowing before God and acknowledging Him as Lord. That would be a wonderful sight, but as you well know, we are far from that right now. Every knee isn’t bowing and many voices aren’t praising God. How then can we begin shifting this lack of worship towards worldwide praise of God? As verse 2 in our psalm states, it takes getting the knowledge of God’s saving power among all the nations first. How can they worship a God they’ve never heard of? Do you want to see the world praising God? Then tell someone about Jesus! Lean into their story, speak of the wonders of Jesus, tell His story, and tell them how He can help their story. Worldwide praise of God begins with us who know Jesus telling those who don’t about Him. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 2027
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