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Tuesday... There are so many ways that God shows he is God.


Psalm 67:1-2 (NLT), "May God be merciful and bless us. May his face smile with favor on us. May your ways be knows throughout the earth, your saving power among people everywhere."

Tuesday... There are so many ways that God shows he is God.

Now we have a hand in this. How we respond, how we share, how we act is one of the many ways that God shows he is God. But so many times we don't make God look good. But we can.


Yes, we pray for his mercy, but do we give it? We want his blessing but do we bless those in our family, in our friends, with those we have coffee with each morning? And how about our smiling?

We are Christ's example.

Verse 1 in The Message Paraphrase says, "God, mark us with grace and blessing! Smile!" That is so good. "Mark us with grace." Now we are good at judging but we need to work on grace, especially at home. I know I do. I am very good at the thus saith the Lord but grace is another thing. Oh God our families need grace.

And then this matter of smiling. If we showed how much we love life it could make all the difference in how we show that God is in our life and how much he has made a difference in our life. Smile. I know we are going through many difficulties in our lives but showing a smile in the midst of these difficulties can be a tremendous example.

Now blessing is also something that we need to give out. Yes, we give judgment but we are not too good at blessing. Now we want it but do we give it?

One definition is, a favor or gift bestowed by God which brings happiness. Oh if we would realize what a difference we would make if people felt good after they had been with us. 

Another definition says that blessing has to do with approval. We are so good at condemning but not so much approval. But so many hurting people needs some affirmation, they need for us to affirm them. We are so good at pointing a finger but not in affirming, of letting people know how special they are.

Yes, we pray verse 1 (NLT), "May God be merciful and bless us. May his face smile with favor on us." and verse 2 says, " May your ways be known throughout the earth, your saving power among people everywhere." And how is that known? It is known through us. 

Verses 2-4 (MSG) says, "The whole country will see how you work, all the godless nations see how you save. God! Let people thank and enjoy you. Let all people thank and enjoy you. Let all far-flung people become happy and shout their happiness because you judge them fair and square, you tend the far-flung people."

Yes, how we as Christ followers respond to others is one of the ways that God shows he is God. "God, mark us with grace and blessing! Smile!" And it starts at home with our spouse and our kids. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

  



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