Psalm 100

This Psalm stuck out to me for several reasons. First was because of it's length. Upon first looking at it I did not think that there would be any sort of point to such a short Psalm but I was pleasantly surprised by the amount of acknowledgment of God in the Psalm. Secondly what stuck out to me was the worshipful nature of the Psalm. This Psalm was nothing but praises to God. This Psalm struck me and so I used it this morning as a call and response reading to begin our worship time. To me it just sums up worship. God made us and we belong to him therefor we need to praise him. He is good so tell him so. It just sets up the feeling and mood for a worship service and really calls for a life of worship. This Psalm may be one I need to read in preparing for a worship service every week, or because of it's length keep in my office. Either way this Psalm exalts praise and my life needs to be a better reflection of this Psalm. The language of joy was probably the most striking to me. Besides the fact of the only reason for worship is God being God and us belonging to him was the only reasoning for worship in this psalm. It raises the question for us as followers of Christ should that be enough to worship? And not just with our words but with our lives. If we truly believe that Jesus did what he said he did that should be enough and our lives should be a reflection of that.