May God be gracious to us and bless us; look on us with favor. Selah
So that Your way may be known on earth, Your salvation among all nations.
Psalms 67:1-2
This psalm speaks of God’s plan for His people when he first called Abraham. God choose this man so that through his descendants, God might become known to the nations of the world. He intended that Israel’s reception and enjoyment of His grace and blessing would cause the pagan nations to take notice, so that they might praise Him and accept His ways of truth and righteousness.
Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country,
and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee:
And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great;
and thou shalt be a blessing: And I will bless them that bless thee,
and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
Genesis 12:1-3
The declaration all throughout the Scriptures is that God cares about each of us and wants to direct our lives. How infinitely superior His plan must be in every detail with all the wisdom and knowledge He possesses—past, present, and future—and with all the power at His disposal as the sovereign God of the universe. The greatest evidence of God’s desire to guide our lives is found in the truth of the Scriptures. He has given us the Bible that we might know His will and purpose in all areas of life. This means knowing God and the life He has for us to live. Our responsibility, by God’s own direction, is to entrust our way to Him for His direction and leading.
Proverbs 14:12 tells us there is a way which seems right to a person, but its end is the way of death. Jeremiah also clearly states the problem of man’s inability to direct his life. In Jeremiah 10:23 the prophet said, “Lord, we know that people do not control their own destiny. It is not in their power to determine what will happen to them.” Because of man’s finite wisdom and ability, his limited understanding of the facts coupled with his sinfulness, man simply cannot direct his own steps. What seems right to him results in the way of destruction and death. As man’s thoughts are not God’s thoughts, so his ways must likewise fall short of God’s perfect and all-wise plan.
We as believers should pray that God will bless us and our families with His presence, love, grace, guidance, salvation, healing power, and fullness of the Spirit in order that the lost might seek Christ’s truth and salvation through us. The blessing is described in the New Testament as “the promised Holy Spirit” (Galatians 3:14). Through this spirit living in us, the proclamation to the nations will achieve its desired results.
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Father, we thank You for the love, grace guidance, and wisdom You show us. May we continually walk in Your truth for You to guide us in Your infinite wisdom. In Jesus’ name we have prayed. AMEN!
