2nd Post Today ..... Written By Tara A. Moore
Psalm 100 is referred to in the NIV as "A psalm for giving grateful praise." It begins by stating "Shout to the Lord, all the earth." Make a LOUD cry unto the Lord! Make your praise LOUD! Then it says "Worship the LORD with gladness; come before him with joyful songs." The Message Bible says it this way: 1-2 On your feet now—applaud God! Bring a gift of laughter, sing yourselves into His presence. The NIV says "Know that the LORD is God. It is He who made us, and we are His[a]; we are His people, the sheep of His pasture. The Message Bible says " Know this: God is God, and God, God. He made us; we didn't make Him. We're His people, His well-tended sheep." And, there is nothing left to be said about it. No questions to ask. HE IS GOD! PERIOD! It is HE who makes sure that we are well taken care of AT ALL TIMES! No matter the situation, circumstance, trial, or test! Think about it! Doesn't that just make you begin to feel an excitement bubbling up inside of you! Just thinking about it, does it not make you want to shout aloud, "GOD, I LOVE YOU SO MUCH! YOU ARE WONDERFUL, AMAZING, OUTSTANDING!" Does it not make you want to sing when you begin to think about how magnificent HE is. Look at yourself... Look at your spouse, brother, sister, mother, father, children... All different. All unique. All beautifully and wonderfully made in the image of the GOD WHO IS! Are you singing His praises yet? If not....
It goes on to say "Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise; give thanks to Him and praise His name." This is the part! Enter into His gates with thanksgiving! Thanksgiving. The Message Bible calls "thanksgiving" the password. How do you get in: Shout ALOUD with THANKSGIVING and gifts of songs of GLADNESS! Aaaaaahhhh.... once you do that, it is time to go into the inner court! How? PRAISE! The King is in the most Inner Court! His presence and all of His splendor are in the Inner Court! Isn't that where we want to be... the Inner Court... Begin to praise and worship God with songs and talkings of how wonderful He is to you. Not of just what He can do for you. Yes, in some instance, the who He is and what He does go hand in hand. But, when you begin to say to Him, God! You are so awesome! You are so wonderful. The risen King. The Great I Am! The bright and morning star. Name above all names! Most Holy God. All wise God. True and living God! Jehovah Rophe, Jehovah Nissi, Jehovah Shalom, Jehovah Jireh... God our healer, God our victory, God my peace, God my provider! God! Creator of Heaven and earth! God! All seeing, all knowing, all powerful! Faithful, loving... and so on! And, you begin to say this out loud; not only do you get caught up in Him and who He is but He gets caught up in that admiration and praise. He gives ear to it and says come on in to my presence! That sound... I love that sound. Holy Spirit then begins to aid in unctioning us by pouring more into our Spirits. The more He pours in, the more we pour out! Until, we are speaking and singing in the most beautiful Heavenly language; and, God our Father is speaking back! It is time to enter into the Inner Court! It is time for us to begin progressing through the Inner Court into the Presence of the Most Holy God. Lay at His feet and worship. That is the place where true peace and joy and contentment is.
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