I will declare my choice to the nations

Psalm 67

May God be merciful and bless us. May his face smile with favor upon us.
May your ways be known throughout the earth, your saving power among people everywhere. May the nations praise you, O God. Yes, may all the nations praise you. Let the whole world sing for joy, because you govern the nations with justice and guide the people of the whole world.
May the nations praise you, O God. Yes, may all the nations praise you. Then the earth will yield its harvests, and God, our God, will richly bless us. Yes, God will bless us, and people all over the world will fear him.

This passage in Psalms is really interesting to me. I have been reading and studying from the Old Testament a lot and it seems very odd to me that a God that was only for the Jews would want the whole nations to praise him. I mean really how did God govern all the nations that were killed by the Israelites with justice? It just does not make sense to me. Although, this psalm could have been written to help bridge the Old Testament with the New Testament.

I´m very thankful for this psalm because it supports Jesus´ teachings in the New Testament. What would our world be like if Christ had never come to earth to die for us? I really don´t think I would be alive, because I would have been born a Gentile, and God would have probably led the Jewish nation to kill my Gentile family, right? Now that Easter is over it makes me more thankful to be in a different nation. I mean after what we just celebrated with Christ´s resurrection and all, he specifically told us to ¨…go and make disciples of all nations… Matthew 28¨, ¨Go into all the world and preach the Good News to everyone… Mark 16¨, ¨Yes, it was written long ago that the Messiah would suffer and die and rise from the dead on the third day. It was also written that this message would be proclaimed in the authority of his name to all the nations... You are witnesses of all these things… Luke 24¨, ¨Do you love me more than these?¨ Peter replied, yes I love you.¨ ¨ Jesus said, then feed my lambs… take care of my sheep…then feed my sheep… then Jesus told him, `follow me.` John 21.¨ Being in Colombia has made me realize and has confirmed my calling, which is simply to go to the nations.

A song that I have been singing in my head for the past few days...

I will declare my choice to the nations, I will shout for joy in the congregation. I will worship God, worship God, all my days. Those who love the Lord are satisfied, those who trust in Him are justified. I will serve my God all my days. When the nations crumble, the Word of the Lord will stand. Kings may rise and fall, but his love will endure. Though the strong may stumble, the joy of the Lord is strength to my soul. I will not be shaken, I will not be moved, I will not be shaken.