“Shout joyfully to the LORD, all the earth Serve the LORD with gladness; Come before Him with joyful singing, Know that the LORD Himself is God, It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves. We are His people and the sheep of His pasture. Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise. Give thanks to Him, bless His name, For the LORD is good, His loving kindness is everlasting And His faithfulness to all generations.” Psalm 100 (NIV)
This well known psalm
declares the universal nature of God’s Kingship. Most of the psalm is a call to worship Him
and to praise Him, and thank Him for His goodness and lovingkindness to us.
The psalmist asks us to
come before Him with joyful singing, because we know that the Lord himself is
God. It is He and only He that has made us, we did not have anything to do with
it.
We are His people and
the sheep of His pasture. This indicates that not only are His chosen people,
(the Jewish Nation), but we who have been washed in the Cleansing Blood of His
Son Jesus Christ are also counted among His sheep; and; we can feed freelyand with His Blessings in His pasture.
He is our God, Jesus
Christ has freely shed His Blood for our sins and that joy should never
ever, leave us. Yes, there are trials in this daily living, but
these trials will pass; but we should choose to let the joy of the LORD
overwhelm us and be aware of our NEED to thank and praise Him continually.
The psalmist asks us to
enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise, I think that
indicates that we should be spiritually ready to enter into His gates and into
His courts with praise, and thanksgiving;
meaning that when we enter the parking lot of the church we should be
prayed up and ready to praise. We should come into His House with a thanksgiving
praise on our lips and a thanksgiving song in our hearts, in other words we
should be ready to praise Him.
Yes we come to His house
to worship in singing and in hearing the WORD from our Pastor, but we should
also come to bless those at church who are down and out spiritually and need a
word from God, that is why we should pray continually to be a spiritual
blessing to our church, not to just go and get a blessing, BUT TO BE A
BLESSING.! Let us ask the Holy Spirit to
open our spiritual eyes to see the needs of others, we do not have to know
their need, we just have to be aware of the need to pray for them, and to ask
Gods’ blessings on their lives and their needs.
God is the source and
perfect example of His lovingkindness,
and His faithfulness in keeping His promises. to us.
Blessings on you my dear
Readers,
Love Gloria
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2 comments:
You are such a beautiful blessing.
Hello, Mrs. Gloria. So good to know you through your profile on the blogger. I am glad to stop by your blog His grace is Always Amazing and the and the post on it of dated 11th September " God wants all mankind to Praise Him". Wonderful inspiriting and encouraging testimony. What a blessed married life of 43 yrs. together. I know what I am going to write is not comment on your blog but about me and the ministry God has given to me in the great city of Mumbai, India. I have been Pastor for last 33 yrs in this great city of Mumbai a city with great contrast where richest of rich and the poorest of poor live. We reach out to the poorest of poor with the love of Christ to bring healing to the broken hearted and to give them new hope, life, purpose and future. We also encourage young people as well as adults and elderly citizens from West to come to Mumbai on a short term missions trip to work with us. We would love to have you and your husband come along with your teen aged grand children to work with us. I am sure it is going to be a tremendous life changing experience. My email id is: dhwankhede(at)gmail(dot)com and my name is Diwakar Wankhede. Looking forward to hear from you. I will also email you shortly.
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