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THE ULTIMATE DISCONNECT Psalm 67 For the Love of God The Ultimate Disconnect Dr. David Platt May 18, 2014 THE ULTIMATE DISCONNECT Psalm 67 February 5, 2006. It was my second Sunday preaching in this church. I was just filling in at that point. And I preached a sermon on this psalm entitled “The Ultimate Disconnect.” The reason I preached this psalm is because it, quite possibly more than any other chapter in the Bible, has shaped my understanding of my life and my family and God’s purpose for all of our lives in the world. I’ll never forget where I was sitting the first time I heard this psalm taught, and the way God used it to turn my life in a totally different trajectory. I really can’t over-emphasize the impact this psalm has had on my life. So when I was looking at the different psalms we’ve read together as a church over the last week, I knew I wanted to preach Psalm 67. The beauty, that I really didn’t realize until this last week, is how this psalm coincides with Psalm 66 before it and Psalm 68 after it. As many of you know, we’re in week 3 of our immersion in the Psalms as a faith family, and over a period of six weeks, every Sunday we’re looking at different psalms in different worship gatherings—oftentimes with different preachers. So last week I preached Psalm 51 at 9:00, Pastor Jim preached Psalm 52 at 11:00, and Pastor Matt preached Psalm 57 at 6:00. And if you haven’t had a chance to do so, I would encourage you to go back and to listen to the sermons that you didn’t hear. I’ve had numerous people from different worship gatherings say, “Oh, I wish everybody in the church could have heard that.” It was really cool just to see how they all fit together…Psalm 51 (God’s mercy that covers over our sin) in the morning, Psalm 57 (God’s mercy that comforts us in suffering) in the evening, and right in the middle, Psalm 52 (which focuses on the faithful, steadfast love of God). So let me encourage you to potentially go back and listen to those different psalms. This week happens to be the week when Jim and Matt are both out of town, so I’ve got all three worship gatherings with three different psalms. But this is a good week for it. So in the 9:00 gathering, I had the joy of preaching through Psalm 66; now we’re about to dive into Psalm 67; then, Lord willing, we’ll explore Psalm 68 tonight at 6:00. And what I’m so excited about is not just how these psalms fit together with each other (which they do), but also with how they all three coincide with what we just prayed for. It is no accident that we would be in Psalm 66, 67, and 68 on the day when we commission about 30 missionaries from our faith family to go to the nations with the gospel. We’re going to look at Psalm 67 now, and then, if you want to come back at 6:00, we’ll dive into Psalm 68. Of course, you’re free to go online tomorrow and explore Psalm 66. Alright, here we go … Psalm 67 … let’s read it together and then let’s pray for God to teach us and transform us through it. May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face to shine upon us, Selah that your way may be known on earth, your saving power among all nations. Let the peoples praise you, O God; © David Platt 2014 1 let all the peoples praise you! Let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you judge the peoples with equity and guide the nations upon earth. Selah Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise you! The earth has yielded its increase; God, our God, shall bless us. God shall bless us; let all the ends of the earth fear him! (Psalm 67) One Truth … This psalm is simple. It contains one primary, over-arching truth. And it’s a truth that is absolutely critical to understanding Christianity … and to understanding the purpose of your life in this world. Here’s the truth: God blesses his people for the sake of his praise among all peoples. Let’s unpack that together. God blesses his people. “May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face to shine upon us …” (verse 1). There’s a pause after that in the text. It says “Selah,” which is basically a musical term that signifies some kind of pause, as if to say, “Okay, don’t move on too quickly in the song yet … just let that soak in.” This is a petition based upon a high priestly blessing in Numbers 6:24-26. People would go to the priest, and the priest would bless them, saying (paraphrased) “May God be gracious to you and bless you and make his face to shine upon you . .” Think about what this means in your life and in my life. “May God be gracious to you . .” May God show you, a sinner who has rebelled against him, unmerited love and undeserved compassion. May he not only not give you what you deserve (judgment), but may he give you what you don’t deserve (mercy). “May God bless you . .” Not curse you, which is what you and I are all due in our sin. No, may he bless you with kindness and love. “May God make his face to shine upon you . .” How do you like that? May the light of God’s face shine on you. May the smile of the God of creation be upon you. Now some wonder, “Is this talking about spiritual blessing or physical/material blessing?” And it seems in the text that the answer is yes. Certainly this signifies spiritual blessing—the gift of God’s grace, the light of God’s face—but when you get down to verse 6 the psalmist says, “The earth has yielded its increase; God, our God, shall bless us . .” This increase on the earth clues us in to how the psalmist is clearly referring here to God’s blessing on the land, most likely at harvest time. So there’s a picture here of physical/material blessing. But notice that after this first verse – “May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face to shine upon us,” there’s a pause, but not a period. It’s not, “May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face to shine upon us,” then close the sentence and move on to something else. No, the thought is incomplete. So yes, pause, but then keep going. The most important word in the psalm is the first word of verse 2: “that.” Apparently there’s a purpose God has behind his blessing. © David Platt 2014 2 God blesses his people so that something else might happen. And what is that something else? “May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face to shine upon us, that your way may be known on earth, your saving power among all nations” (Psalm 67:1-2, emphasis added). God blesses his people for the sake of his praise among all peoples . that all the earth might know the way of God . that God’s saving power might be made known among all the nations. And then the psalmist goes on to erupt, “Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise you!” (verse 3). And just in case you don’t get the point in verse 3, he says the exact same thing in verse 5 – “Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise You!” God blesses his people for the sake of his praise among all peoples. And that word “peoples” refers to tribes and clans and ethnic groups in the world. Scholars today have identified at least 11,000 (some say over 16,000) different ethnic groups in the world. Those are groups of people that share common language and cultural characteristics. Now here in the original language of the OT, the psalmist uses three different Hebrew words for peoples and nations in this passage, as if to say, “God aims to be praised by all.” From the north to the south, from the east to the west, from the rich to the poor, from the young to the old, from the urban to the rural, in every tribe, in every language, among every ethnic group to the ends of the earth…may they all praise You. That’s why the psalmist prays for the blessing of God. He knows that God blesses his people for a purpose, and that purpose is his praise among all peoples. This is evident all over Scripture. Turn back with me to Genesis 12: Now the LORD said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father's house to the land that I will show you. And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.” (Genesis 12:1-3) This is the design of God—God blesses Abram and his people to be a conduit of God’s blessing to all peoples.
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