Praise the Lord

“Shout triumphantly to the LORD, all the earth. Serve the LORD with gladness; come before Him with joyful songs. Acknowledge that Yahweh is God. He made us, and we are His -- His people, the sheep of His pasture. Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise. Give thanks to Him and praise His name. For Yahweh is good, and His love is eternal; His faithfulness endures through all generations.” ~Psalms 100:1-5 HCSB

The Lord is amazing and I praise His name.  I read this short simple psalm and it gets me excited about God and who He is.  We are His and through Christ we are His children, we are the sheep of His pasture.  Through Christ we are a new creation, He gives us a new birth and a living hope.  In Christ we are victorious over death and sin.  Christ is the ultimate fulfillment of this psalm, and the entire Old Testament.  Jesus Christ is the incarnation of Yahweh, He is Yahweh in flesh. Colossians 1:15-16 says “He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For everything was created by Him, in heaven and on earth, the visible and the invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities-- all things have been created through Him and for Him.”

Knowing who we are in Christ makes all the difference in reading this psalm, I can shout triumphantly and serve the Lord with gladness because of His incredible grace.  I praise Him to the world and come before Him with songs of joy.  I can acknowledge Him and enter His gates with thanksgiving that overflows in my heart.  I can give Him thanks for all things, for He is wonderful.  God is good, His love is eternal and His faithfulness endures forever.  

So this morning take time to praise the Lord.  Take a moment to pause and acknowledge God and what He has done for you in Christ Jesus.  If you don’t know Him in this way, you can know Him and have a relationship with Him by putting your faith in Christ.  He went to the cross to atone for your sin.  He took your sin upon Himself to reconcile you to God.  There is nothing you can do to earn this incredible act of grace.  It is simply given to you by grace alone through faith alone.  You put your trust in Christ and what he accomplished, confess with your mouth Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart and you will be saved.  God is good, there is no one like Him, live for Him today!  

Lord I praise you, I will shout your name from the roof top of my life, for you are worthy of praise.  Thank you for salvation, thank you for the joy in my heart, thank you for everything, the breath in my lungs, eyes that can see the works of your hands, Lord I praise your name, may it be glorified in everything!  Amen