Observation: This psalm feels very universal. "Let your way be known upon earth; your saving health among all nations. Let the peoples praise you, O God, let all the peoples praise you." God is the creator of all things. God provides for all nations. Everyone should know. Everyone should be thankful.
Application: When I read, speak or sing this psalm, asking God to make God's own ways known, it feels like a prayer that comes with homework. With anything we ask God to do, we should be ready to help out. If we want it to be known that God is a savior and a healer, we should be ready to enlist our own words, hands and feet in that effort. It reminds me of the verse from Romans that says "How are they to believe in someone of whom they have never heard? and how are they to hear without someone to proclaim him? and how are they to proclaim unless they are sent?"
Prayer: God, may your ways be known across the earth, and your saving health among all nations. And let me know what are the things I can to today, right now, to push forward on that goal. You are worth knowing! Amen.
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