Seize the Moment – Day 1177
Proclaim the Name of the Lord!
Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Wednesday, June 7.
David quoted a thousand-year-old blessing in Psalm 67:1, “God be gracious to us and bless us, and cause His face to shine upon us – Selah.” This is a song with a promise; it invites the worshippers to meditate upon the whole of the Priestly Blessing, given by God to Moses in Numbers 6:22-27:
Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, ‘Thus you shall bless the sons of Israel. You shall say to them: the Lord bless you, and keep you; the Lord make His face shine on you, and be gracious to you; the Lord lift up His countenance on you, and give you peace.’ So they shall invoke My name on the sons of Israel, and I then will bless them.”
As you pray through Psalm 67, you will find it a working out of God’s promise to Moses: when My people invoke My name, I will bless them. Twice in verses 3 and 5, today’s psalm commands the congregation, “Let the peoples praise You, O God; let all the peoples praise You.” Three times, in verses 2, 4, and 7, the promise of Abraham is extended over the nations through the people of God when they call upon the name of the Lord, “God blesses us, that all the ends of the earth may fear Him” (7). The obvious praxis of this promise is to call upon the name of the Lord because God has blessed you to be a blessing to others. As a Christian, you are called to proclaim the name of the Lord wherever you go – He will bless the nations through you!
Seize the moment and pray Psalm 66, meditating upon the name of the Lord Jesus Christ – “And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved” (Acts 4:12).
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