Psalm 67: God's Love for All Creatures
Jesus loves the little children—
All the children of the world.
Red, brown, yellow, black, and white—
They are precious in his sight.
Jesus loves the little children of the world.
JESUS LOVES EVERY culture he created. Its members are his little children, and he longs for them to fully experience the healing of his compassion. That's what redemption is all about. Because some of our sincere attempts to bring others into this love have been clumsy and insulting to other cultures, we are bombarded with accusations of destroying other cultures with Christianity. Some of those accusations are true and worth listening to. Yet these mistakes are not the true picture of our ministry. The gospel is good news to all societies, and God has always called and is still calling his people to bear his redemptive love to every place and people group on the earth.
Warming Up to God
How have you recently seen God's power being revealed in your nation?
Read Psalm 67. »
Discovering the Word
- What words do you notice being repeated throughout this passage?
- Identify the blessings the Lord wants to bring to the nations.
- What does this reveal about how God regards the nations?
Applying the Word
- What would these blessings look like if they came to your own culture?
- How would these blessings affect some other nation in the world (say, Bosnia or South Africa)?
Responding in Prayer
Thank God for his compassion for the nations.
For Further Study
Cross-Cultural Connections by Duane Elmer