relationships (Psalm 67: 1-7) Relationships Without Prejudices

(Psalm 67:1-7)  God be gracious to us and bless us,

     And cause His face to shine upon us— Selah 
2   That Your way may be known on the earth,
     Your salvation among all nations.
3   May the peoples praise You, God;
     May all the peoples praise You.
4   May the nations be glad and sing for joy;
     For You will judge the peoples with fairness 
     And guide the nations on the earth. Selah 
5   May the peoples praise You, God;
     May all the peoples praise You.
6   The earth has yielded its produce;
     God, our God, blesses us.
7   God blesses us,
     So that all the ends of the earth may fear Him.

TODAY'S THOUGHTS AND MEDITATION:

David is praying that all the Israelites and all the earth may come to know God personally, to believe and be saved.  The Israelites rejected Jesus the first time He came to earth in flesh, but through that, Jesus' work on the cross made salvation possible to all people.  The first prophecies of this is in Genesis 3:15 and 12:3, etc.  

Throughout the Old Testament, we can see how much God loves all people.  Meanwhile, the Israelites still wait for their Messiah to come and fulfill their covenants.  This will happen when they see the signs (the judgements) in the Tribulation.  Then the Israelites as a nation will realize, accept and believe in Jesus, that He was and is their Messiah, Lord and King.

In the Millennium, Jesus will be here on earth again to rule over the earth so that there is peace and prosperity.  The world will witness how God fulfils His covenants with the Israelites, and the world will witness how faithful, fair, loving and generous God is.  Still, not everyone who is born into the thousand year reign will choose Jesus, who is the only way to salvation.  

Everyone will stand before the Lord, who judges and will judge with fairness.  It is so very interesting that people only want a God of love, but then flippantly question how a God of love can allow evil to happen.  Yet, they don't want to hear about the God who is ALSO holy, righteous, just and fair, even though they themselves have no qualms about judging others harshly, and even unfairly!  Well, it doesn't matter, what a person thinks or feels does not determine what truth actually is.  Truth is truth.  Either God is or He isn't.  Either His word is infallible, or it isn't.

The truth is there, we just have to want to seek it out and embrace it.  So, the only decision we all have is to accept or reject the Lord Jesus.  This will determine what happens when we stand before Him as our Judge.  Will He be judging all your sins, or will He be judging and rewarding your good deeds which are done in His love, righteousness, strength and guidance?  The proof is all around us, in creation itself, in God's word, in the way God works in and through us, and in the way God is able to reconcile and unite people to build strong, healthy relationships!