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Psalm 100:1-5
The next time you sing the Doxology in a worship service remember that you are singing scripture. You are singing a version of Psalm 100. Psalm 100 is a digest of the instructions on how to worship the Lord. Who should worship the Lord? Well, He tells us in verse 1, “Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands!” That’s quite a statement for a Jewish man to write. “All ye lands.” This means that God wants the whole world to worship Him. He wants the whole world to give thanks to Him. That says to me immediately I’d better try to get out there and reach the whole world. Go into all the world and preach the Gospel. Why? So that all the world will one day be able to make a joyful noise unto the Lord.
How should we worship the Lord? Well, by serving. “Serve the LORD with gladness; Come before His presence with singing.” Serving the Lord with gladness, not sadness, not madness. Serving the Lord because there’s joy in our heart and the joy of the Lord is our strength. We worship the Lord by serving and we worship Him by singing. “Come before His presence with singing.” I fear that too often in our services singing is routine. It’s ritual. We can stand there holding the hymn book singing the songs that we know so well and our minds and hearts can be a million miles away. The psalmist says, “Don’t do that.” Serve the Lord. That’s how you worship Him. Sing to the Lord. Submit to the Lord. “Know ye that the LORD, He is God; it is He that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.” Submit to Him. Follow Him. Obey Him. We worship the Lord by sacrificing.
“Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, into His courts with praise!” Here He is coming to the altar. “Be thankful unto Him, and bless His name.” Why should we worship the Lord? “For the LORD is good; His mercy is everlasting, and His truth endures to all generations.” The highest occupation of the Christian life is worshiping the Lord. How do we worship Him? With a joyful heart; a thankful heart; by serving, by singing, by submitting to Him and by sacrificing to His name.
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The next time you sing the Doxology in a worship service remember that you are singing scripture. You are singing a version of Psalm 100. Psalm 100 is a digest of the instructions on how to worship the Lord. Who should worship the Lord? Well, He tells us in verse 1, “Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands!” That’s quite a statement for a Jewish man to write. “All ye lands.” This means that God wants the whole world to worship Him. He wants the whole world to give thanks to Him. That says to me immediately I’d better try to get out there and reach the whole world. Go into all the world and preach the Gospel. Why? So that all the world will one day be able to make a joyful noise unto the Lord.
How should we worship the Lord? Well, by serving. “Serve the LORD with gladness; Come before His presence with singing.” Serving the Lord with gladness, not sadness, not madness. Serving the Lord because there’s joy in our heart and the joy of the Lord is our strength. We worship the Lord by serving and we worship Him by singing. “Come before His presence with singing.” I fear that too often in our services singing is routine. It’s ritual. We can stand there holding the hymn book singing the songs that we know so well and our minds and hearts can be a million miles away. The psalmist says, “Don’t do that.” Serve the Lord. That’s how you worship Him. Sing to the Lord. Submit to the Lord. “Know ye that the LORD, He is God; it is He that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.” Submit to Him. Follow Him. Obey Him. We worship the Lord by sacrificing.
“Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, into His courts with praise!” Here He is coming to the altar. “Be thankful unto Him, and bless His name.” Why should we worship the Lord? “For the LORD is good; His mercy is everlasting, and His truth endures to all generations.” The highest occupation of the Christian life is worshiping the Lord. How do we worship Him? With a joyful heart; a thankful heart; by serving, by singing, by submitting to Him and by sacrificing to His name.