We read Psalm 100 again in our Spoken Word Bible Reading Plan for today.
A Psalm of thanksgiving and for the thank offering.
1 Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all you lands! 2 Serve the Lord with gladness! Come before His presence with singing! 3 Know (perceive, recognize, and understand with approval) that the Lord is God! It is He Who has made us, not we ourselves [and we are His]! We are His people and the sheep of His pasture. 4 Enter into His gates with thanksgiving and a thank offering and into His courts with praise! Be thankful and say so to Him, bless and affectionately praise His name! 5 For the Lord is good; His mercy and loving-kindness are everlasting, His faithfulness and truth endure to all generations.
We know that some of the things written to the Jewish people, under the Old Covenant, have been replaced with something better in our New (and better) Covenant. We HAVE a better Covenant that is based on better promises than they had! BUT, when something in the old has NOT been replaced with something even better, the power is still within the old promises (Hebrews 8:6)! Psalm 100 is one such declaration of promise! We are instructed to praise the LORD our God with gladness and with singing! His promise is that His mercy is toward us forever! He has not, nor will He ever, change (Malachi 3:6; Hebrews 13:8)! His is faithful and His Truth, His WORD (John 17:17) will continue forever! Then we have these instructions and promises under our new and better Covenant, in Luke 12:29-32:
29 And you, do not seek [by meditating and reasoning to inquire into] what you are to eat and what you are to drink; nor be of anxious (troubled) mind [unsettled, excited, worried, and in suspense]; 30 For all the pagan world is [greedily] seeking these things, and your Father knows that you need them. 31 Only aim at and strive for and seek His kingdom, and all these things shall be supplied to you also. 32 Do not be seized with alarm and struck with fear, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom!
Our Father takes PLEASURE in our prosperity! No, He does NOT want His people to be poor, sick, downtrodden and depending on others for their well being, in ANY area! He DOES want us prosperous (being in control) in every area of Life, but that prosperity will ONLY come as we continually renew our minds with the Word of God! 3 John 2 (from both the KJV and the Amplified Bible:
3 John 2 Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth. KJV
3 John 2 Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in every way and [that your body] may keep well, even as [I know] your soul keeps well and prospers. AMP
Shalom in Him!
