Note from Andrew on Psalm 100
Note from Andrew:
Today we read Psalm 100! We started reading through the Psalms on Easter Monday, April 10, and here we are. When we started, I wrote a blog post outlining why we’re doing this. An excerpt:
“But if Asburians develop the habit of beginning their days in silence and in scripture, if we commit to daily consistency and not worry overmuch about intensity, if we learn the practice of praying through our emotions to the Lord, in 150 days we’ll be in fighting shape.”
Now Is the Time to Reset
If you are behind, cut your losses and jump back in. Let’s double down on our psalms reading. 50 days will change your life!
Now, on to our regularly-scheduled programming.
—AF
Psalm 100
1 Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth!
2 Serve the Lord with gladness!
Come into his presence with singing!
3 Know that the Lord, he is God!
It is he who made us, and we are his;
we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving,
and his courts with praise!
Give thanks to him; bless his name!
5 For the Lord is good;
his steadfast love endures forever,
and his faithfulness to all generations.
NOTE: Today’s commentary is by Dr. Kevin Watson, who is coming to Tulsa to become the Director of Academic Growth and Formation at the Tulsa Extension Site for Asbury Theological Seminary, as well as joining our staff at Asbury Church as Scholar-in-Residence. I wrote a post announcing and explaining this move.-Andrew
Today we are two-thirds of the way through the Book of Psalms!
Psalm 100 beautifully and confidently expresses a core conviction of Christian theology: God is good.
1 Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth!
2 Serve the Lord with gladness!
Come into his presence with singing!
3 Know that the Lord, he is God!
It is he who made us, and we are his;
we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving,
and his courts with praise!
Give thanks to him; bless his name!
5 For the Lord is good;
his steadfast love endures forever,
and his faithfulness to all generations.
Did you notice the three affirmations contained in the last verse of this psalm?
God is good.
God’s love is steadfast and endures forever.
God is faithful to all generations.
Read Psalm 100 one more time and ask yourself: What would lit look like for me to “make a joyful noise to the Lord” in light of God’s goodness?