For every blessing, there’s a decision to be made. Psalm 67 (NIV) God be gracious to us and bless us, And cause His face to shine upon us — Selah That Your way may be known on the earth, Your salvation among all nations. May the peoples praise You, God; May all the peoples praise You. May the nations be glad and sing for joy; For You will judge the peoples with fairness And guide the nations on the earth. – Selah May the peoples praise You, God; May all the peoples praise You. The earth has yielded its produce; God, our God, blesses us. God blesses us, So that all the ends of the earth may fear Him. 1. GOD BLESSES WITHOUT . v.1-2 - God be gracious to us and bless us, And cause His face to shine upon us — Selah That Your way may be known on the earth, Your salvation among all nations. Ephesians 1:4-5 Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes. God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. This is what he wanted to do, and it gave him great pleasure. 2. GOD’S PURPOSE INCLUDES , AND IS THAN YOU. v.3-4 - May the peoples praise You, God; May all the peoples praise You. May the nations be glad and sing for joy; For You will judge the peoples with fairness And guide the nations on the earth. May the peoples praise You, God; May all the peoples praise You. Philippians 2:9-11 Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Colossians 1:16 … all things have been created through him and for him 3. SELF-SUFFICIENCY IS NOT TO GOD’S . v.6 - The earth has yielded its produce; God, our God, blesses us. 4. YOUR BLESSING IS A FOR GOD’S GLORY. v.7 - God blesses us, So that all the ends of the earth may fear Him