"Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise you! Let the nations be glad and sing for joy!" Psalm 67:3-4
What a proclamation. We see this verse often when the topic of missions arises. As Christians, we desire to see people of every tongue, tribe, and nation worshipping our Father in total surrender. But how can we proclaim this verse if we ourselves do not personally know and cherish our God? We cannot commend what we do not treasure.
We will never call out, "Let the nations be glad!" if we cannot say from the heart, "I rejoice in the Lord. . . . I will be glad and exult in you, I will sing praise to your name, O Most High" (Psalm 104:34, 9:2). Missions begins and ends in worship. - John Piper
Oh that we would "delight ourselves in the Lord" (Psalm 37:4) and be consumed with the fullness of His glory. Only then will we ever desire to go and make His name known among the nations.
-Connor