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Thanksgiving: How, Why

Psalms 100 (ESV) 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.

This is the only Psalm that bears the name of a “Psalm for Giving Thanks” in the entire collection of Psalms. 

 

Vs 1: Make a joyful noise to the Lord, ALL the earth! 

 

  • Noise: Rua – often translated shout. 
  • ALL the earth… 
    1. The only proper response to the King of Kings is a shout of joy in His presence. 

 

Vs 2: Serve the LORD with gladness! Come into his presence with singing!

 

  • We are to serve Him, not the other way around. 
  • We are to come into His presence with singing! 

 

Vs 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.

 

  • We are to KNOW….
    1. We must have an intellectual understanding that the LORD is GOD. 

 

  • We are His People, the sheep of His pasture. 
    1. We are in HIS pasture….. not our own, His pasture is safe, its full of provisions and He is present there. 

 

Vs 4: Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name!

 

  • Enter His gates, courts…. With praise. 
    1. It is us who are blessed to be in His gates/courts.

 

  • Give thanks to Him, Bless His name! 
    1. There is no other proper response to the King of Kings other than praise and thankfulness. 

Vs 5: For the LORD is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations.

 

  • For the LORD is GOOD… 
    1. HE alone defines good, we can’t comprehend good without Him. 

 

  • HIS steadfast love endures forever… 
    1. His love has no end and does not waiver in any way regardless of circumstances or our failings as loyal servants. 
    2. Even in His discipline His love endures and IS the motivation for it. 

 

  • And His faithfulness to ALL generations… 
    1. God is as faithful to today’s generation as He was to Adam’s. 
    2. While man continues to do that which is abhorrent, God continues to be faithful.