Chapter 498 of 1163

PSALM 67

This missionary psalm exhorts us to get the message out to all the nations of the world. Why?

Because they need light (vv. 1–2). The lost walk in darkness and need the light of God’s face to shine upon them (2 Cor. 4:3–6). They have lost their way and are headed for eternal darkness. Does that burden you?

Because they need joy (vv. 3–4a). Sin gives pleasure for only a short time, but in Christ there are “pleasures forevermore” (Ps. 16:11). How can we keep to ourselves the joy that Jesus gives?

Because they need righteousness (v. 4b), which can come only through faith in Jesus Christ (Rom. 3:21–31). Man’s righteousness can never satisfy the demands of God’s holy law.

Because they need life (vv. 5–7). “The field is the world” (Matt. 13:38), but that field is not producing fruit to the glory of God. Only with God’s life and blessing can the harvest of righteousness come.

If every believer did what you do about missions, would all the people of the earth be praising the Lord?

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