A Global Sneeze

Psalm 67 begins and ends with blessing.

It starts with a request for blessing.
It ends with a promise of blessing.

May God be gracious to us and bless us;
look on us with favor. Selah (67:1)

God will bless us,
and all the ends of the earth will fear Him. (67:7)

The surprise in this Psalm is how God’s people are blessed. In these seven verses, some form of the word “nations” or “peoples” are mentioned. To truly understand God’s blessing to us, we must understand the total scope of salvation to the ends of the earth.

If we miss that, we misunderstand his blessings to us.