#39 Sept 28, 2015
2015 Devotional. Our goal for these weekly devotionals is to grow in humility and to grow spiritually by memorizing selected passages, putting them into context, and by applying them to our daily living. These passages are taken from: “100 Verses Every Christian Needs to Know” by Freeman-Smith. All passages are from the NIV.
Psalm 100: 1-2
Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth. Worship the Lord with gladness;
Come before him with joyful songs.
Psalms as a whole is a book of praise, prayer, and in many cases is instructive for Godly living. It consists of five divisions called books. The verses we are memorizing are part of two sections: first, they are part of book three, second, Psalm 100 is the last Psalm of a group of 11 Psalms starting at Psalm 90. The Psalms begin with prayer and end in praise. Further the series is framed in “You have been our dwelling place through all generations” Ps. 90 and “ His faithfulness continues through all generations” Ps. 100. Dwelling place means more like a place of refuge from all the troubles and dangers of life and indicates that God’s love for his people has no beginning or end.
Psalm 100 is an amazing piece of Hebrew poetry. When my wife was teaching our son Steve in preparation for Hillcrest School we all memorized this Psalm, it has a cadence that makes it easy to memorize. To appreciate the first two verses we look at the whole Psalm. The Psalm has a progression of imperatives: “Shout for joy, Know that the Lord is God”, and “Enter his gates with thanksgiving”, Why? “Because God is our refuge and our strength”, He “is good” His love is endless, and God is faithful to his people. As followers of Jesus this is a Psalm we could meditate on every day of our lives and be drawn closer to Him. Praise God!
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