PSALM 67
“God be merciful to us and bless us” (67:1a). Do we pray that often for ourselves, our marriages, our children, the church, our towns/cities/nations? We all desperately need God’s mercy and His blessing. God’s mercy is one of the most basic concepts to grasp if we want to experience His blessing, and yet it is not easy to grasp in practice because it runs contrary to our sense of fairness and justice. Life usually programmes us to work hard to earn what we get. Also, our pride tells us that we deserve to be rewarded because we worked hard.
But God’s mercy humbles our pride, saying, “You deserve My judgment, but I am going to give you My favour.”
We must humble ourselves and acknowledge that we deserve God’s judgment. We must admit our helplessness and His power to save us. And be mindful that He is not after our punishment as much as He is after our blessings.
