With Thanksgiving...

With Thanksgiving...

Psalm 100 serves as a fitting threshold to our Season of Thanksgiving. It inspires jubilant singing, worship, prayer, and gathering. Verse 2 unfolds with more meaning when we explore the original Hebrew. The root word, עבד (avad), translated in the NKJV as “serve” has many definitions. Besides serving, it also expresses the command to worship the Lord, and work for the Lord, with gladness. All these actions apply to the sentence and can define our focus in this coming season. Furthermore, as the psalm continues (verse 4), we are called and beckoned through gates and courts into His presence, with thanksgiving. Here we arrive at the foundation for our October sermon series.