Tuesday, September 1, 2015

God be merciful unto us

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(The views expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
Psalm 67:1–7, “God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine upon us; Selah. That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations. Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee. O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for thou shalt judge the people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. Selah. Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee. Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God, even our own God, shall bless us. God shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear him.”

At times, it is hard to live this random, arbitrary, chaotic life that is the result of sin in the world. The Psalmist was struggling with the general issues of living and he cried out to the Lord to be merciful and to bless. God’s mercy comes to us when the Lord protects us from something that we deserve. Everyone struggles with some private sin  that sin causes consequences in our lives. The Psalmist longed for the security of living within the context of God’s perfect plans. He prayed that the nations would come to the Lord and realise that the Lord is King of all creation. He longed to with the security that would come when all the world bowed before the Lord as God.

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