Psalm 67

A Four - Day Devotional

on Psalm 67

to bless your life.

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devotionals

for the week of 

August 14, 2023

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Psalm 67

verse 1

Monday

Today we will highlight

verse 1

and

The Aaronic Benediction.

Verse 1

God be merciful unto us, and bless us;

and cause his face to shine upon us;

Selah.

Beautiful Verse

Beautiful Poetry

Beautiful Prayer

Verse 1

is

basically

Numbers 6:24-26.

24 The Lord bless thee, and keep thee:

25 The Lord make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee:

26 The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.

Numbers 6:24-26

The Jews call these words the

Aaronic Blessing

because Aaron (Moses' brother)

was the High Priest

who would speak it over the people.

See below...

Numbers 6:22-27

The Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
²³ “Speak to Aaron and his sons, saying,
Thus you shall bless the people of Israel: you shall say to them,

 24 The Lord bless you and keep you;

²⁵ the Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you;

²⁶ the Lord lift up his countenance^[a] upon you and give you peace.

²⁷ “So shall they put my name upon the people of Israel,
and I will bless them.”

In our present day,

the

Aaronic Blessing

is often spoken

in Jewish services as a blessing to the congregation.

The Messianic Congregation

(they believe in Jesus as Savior)

I have often attended,

says the

Aaronic Blessing in Hebrew and then in English

at the end of each service.

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Many people

have also put its words

into songs.

Here is a

Beautiful version.

The Aaronic Blessing

is a beautiful

Bible blessing.

Consider

often

speaking it over

your children and grandchildren.

This child has heard it so much,

she can say it herself.

Tuesday

Verse 2

Verse 2

2 That thy way may be known upon earth,

thy saving health among all nations.

The Hebrew word translated "nation" means all nations and it emphasizes those who do not know God.

In this verse, God is directly reaching out to all the world with his love and salvation.

When you deeply love God, you want everyone to know him and love him. That is what is expressed when the psalmist says,  "That thy way may be known upon earth."

Yeshuah

The Hebrew word translated  "saving health" is "Yeshuah."

The word includes both salvation from hell and also being saved from the troubles of this world.

In verse 2 the word translated "saving health" is

Strong's Hebrew word 03444.  

Bible translators see that word

and then

translate it into English

with words such as

salvation,

help, deliverance,

health, saving, welfare, prosperity, or victory.

It is most often translated simply

"Salvation."

And note:

This word

- Strong's Hebrew 3444 -

is the name

> > >    Jesus    < < < 

in Hebrew.

In Bible times,

when people were calling out to Jesus, they said, "Yeshuah."

When Jesus came, the fullness of grace had come.

Titus 2:11-12  NKJV says,

"For the grace of God that brings salvation

has appeared to all men,

teaching us that,

denying ungodliness and worldly lusts,

we should live soberly, righteously, and godly

in the present age,

looking for

the blessed hope and glorious appearing

of our

great God and Savior Jesus Christ."

See also Isaiah 52:10

Wednesday

Verses 3 - 5

Praise to God!

Verses 3-5

Praise!

3 Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee.

4 O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: 
for thou shalt judge the people righteously, and
govern the nations upon earth.
Selah.

5 Let the people praise thee, O God;
let all the people praise thee.

Two times in verse 3 and two times in verse 5, we see the Strong's Hebrew word # 3034 which is translated "praise."

There are several Hebrew words that we translate as the English word "praise."

This one is not just talking about

an outward action

but also an inward intention.

It indicates

that there is a heart dedication

not just some verbal words.

Also,

these verses remind me of Psalm 117

in that

like Psalm 117,

this verse is referring to ALL the nations.

God wants ALL the nations

to turn to him  

and

love and serve him.

Verse 4

Here God reminds us that he judges us correctly and he governs us correctly. He knows all hearts and he knows how to be our guide.

God is all we need,

but we must voluntarily

turn to him. 

God humbly comes to us

imploring us to listen to him and follow him.

God is the King of All the earth

but he doesn't force his Lordship on us.

The word translated

"praise"

doesn't just mean to say something nice.

It means to confess that God is God and then praise him.

These verses are speaking of

a longing in God's heart

for all the nations to confess him as their God.

God wants EACH of us to

willingly

let him

REIGN

as King of Kings and Lord of Lords

of  OUR life.

Thursday

Verses 6 - 7

Verse 6

6 Then shall the earth yield her increase;

and God, even our own God, shall bless us.

We all want increase.

But

most want

increase

without

"thanksgiving to God"

Increase

without gratitude to God

can create 

a stubbornly selfish and proud people.

I remember Charles Stanley saying decades ago

that most people

cannot live with affluence and stay close to God.

It matters what we do.

It matters how we act.

Nations that respect God

are abundantly blessed.

Nations that

don't respect God

are not abundantly blessed.

For many years,

the United States of America

has been

throwing God out of

our halls of government, our schools, our entertainment,

and even some of our churches.

More and more churches

are doubting the Bible

and turning away

from what it teaches.

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As the serpent

in the garden

said

in Genesis 3:1,

"Did God REALLY say....?"

Today, even churches are saying...

Did God REALLY say ...

Marriage is one man and one woman.

No sex before marriage.

Life begins at conception.

There are two genders.

?

If we can change God's words,

then we can change what is sin. 

The blessing of the Lord

comes upon the

nation

who loves and respects God.

Blessed is the nation

whose God is the Lord,

Psalm 33:12 a NKJV

Verse 7

7 God shall bless us;

and all the ends of the earth shall

Fear Him.

Fear God

and

keep His commandments,

for this

is the whole duty of man.

Ecclesiastes 12:13

The Fear of the Lord leads to life.

So that one may sleep satisfied, untouched by evil.

Proverbs 19:23 NASB

The Fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge

    but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Proverbs 1:7 NIV

The modern church needs to start talking about

Fear of the Lord.

> >   The devil has brought confusion to its meaning.   < < 

Please consider visiting my page

Fear of the Lord 

to gain understanding

of what it means.

Rebellious Children

Have you ever seen

rebellious young children

who have no fear of their parents?

?

It is a terrible sight.

Seeing a

3 or 4 year old

kicking a parent in the knee

or

shouting curse words at parents or other adults

is horrifying.

Children

who do not have a

proper fear of their loving parent

become terrors.

Teachers dread them.

Society rejects them.

And worse yet,

these children face many untold dangers

of getting hurt

because of the great rebellion in their heart.

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Let's learn from this illustration

and become humble children of our loving God.

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