Come into His Presence with Singing

  [202 words] “Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the lands! Serve the Lord with gladness! Come into his pres-ence with singing. Know that the Lord is God! It is he that made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him, bless his name! For the Lord is good; his steadfast love endures for ever, and his faithful-ness to all generations” (Psalms 100:1-5, RSV). One of the over-riding messages of Psalms 100 is that we sing to bring our hearts, our minds and our spirits into the presence of God. “Come before him with joyful songs” is another way of saying verse two. Our worship of God should be one of gladness. There is a joy that overwhelms us as we come into God’s presence. It excites…