The Blessed Nation (Psalm 33) Praise From The Upright Is Beautiful

The Blessed Nation is a Bible chapter in PowerPoint taken from Psalm 33:1-12.  Let’s bring back the heart, the art and the habit of reading the Bible passages OUT LOUD in our churches.

Rejoice in the LORD, O you righteous!
For praise from the upright is beautiful.
Psalms 33:1

Praise the LORD with the harp;
Make melody to Him with an instrument of ten strings.
Psalms 33:2

Sing to Him a new song;
Play skillfully with a shout of joy.
Psalms 33:3

For the word of the LORD is right,
And all His work is done in truth.
Psalms 33:4

He loves righteousness and justice;
The earth is full of the goodness of the LORD.
Psalms 33:5

By the word of the LORD the heavens were made,
And all the host of them by the breath of His mouth.
Psalms 33:6

He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap;[a]
He lays up the deep in storehouses.
Psalms 33:7

Let all the earth fear the LORD;
Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him.
Psalms 33:8

For He spoke, and it was done;
He commanded, and it stood fast.
Psalms 33:9

The LORD brings the counsel of the nations to nothing;
He makes the plans of the peoples of no effect.
Psalms 33:10

The counsel of the LORD stands forever,
The plans of His heart to all generations.
Psalms 33:11

Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD,
The people He has chosen as His own inheritance.
Psalms 33:12

Blessed is the Nation

The destiny of a nation is not determined by its armed forces or material resources. Nor is it empowered by its political philosophy or intellectual achievements. God’s Word reveals and the records of history prove that it is “not by power, nor by might, but by my spirit” that nations survive over time.

The destiny of any nation is determined by the spiritual life of its people. “Blessed is the nation,” David declared, “whose God is the Lord.”

Every nation has had an opportunity to accept the Word of God and follow His ways, to worship Him and to do His will. If they accept His offer, that nation will be blest. However, if a nation chooses to reject Him and His teachings and refuses to worship and follow Him and establish their own foundation they will eventually be destroyed. This is an obvious fact of history.

Rome became a great empire but it collapsed. Why? The celebrated Italian historian, Papini, wrote that “the temple, the bank, and the academy were against Jesus of Nazareth.”

Germany became great but was reduced to rubble. Wrote a German philosopher, “They pushed God out of the universities and that was the beginning of the death sentence for the empire.”

What will be our destiny when we are no longer “one nation under God?” We are the ones responsible to “humble ourselves, pray, call upon the Lord and repent.” Otherwise, we will be a memory on the pages of history.

Prayer: Father, we who profess Your name are to call upon Your name and stand against the forces of evil. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

Scripture for Today: Psalm 33:12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people he chose for his inheritance.

Source: Seeds From The Sower by Michael Guido

Scripture quotations are taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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