Psalm 67

May your face SHINE upon us... Savior, Show us your Way. Psalm 67 is a brief but very rich pure praise song in a movement of full praise after some long prayer movements of thirst and desperation. This Psalm explodes with imagery for the early Christian church, and Paul's dangerous journeys across cultural and nation barriers. To get into some of the "nations" talk of this song, it's probably helpful to take a perspective outside citizenship within one of the most powerful nations in history and instead tuck your spirit in among the voices of a tribal nation-state surrounded by the shadows of enormous political entities. Today, also, we go on a little tour of some of the most important words in Hebrew scripture... we also begin to talk about the "fear" of God (which is less of an emotional state and more of a transformational experience.)