The Grands Letter (Psa/GLJ)
Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D. on May 21, 2020 6:33 pm (CST)Dear Grands,
Psalm 100:1-5, “Shout joyfully to the LORD, all the earth.
2 Serve the LORD with gladness; Come before Him with joyful singing.
3 Know that the LORD Himself is God; It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; 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 lovingkindness is everlasting, And His faithfulness to all generations.”
This coming 26th of November, we will all be celebrating THANKSGIVING! But, the psalmist believed
that every day was a Thanksgiving day! When we celebrate, it ought not be a prefunctory celebration. We should be happy! The first two verses indicate a genuine joy, accompanied with shouting! The Hebrew word (chesed) says, “Give a blast!” Yet, the joyful shout is directed to the LORD! Accompaying the shout is a service (abad) of gladness and singing!
Verse three instructs us to know (yada) and acknowledge that the LORD alone is God. It is He Himself
who created us. We are not the product of some slimy, self-generating protplasym of the past. We are
in His image, we are His created people, who live at His pleasure and by His provisions on this Earth.
Our every movement through the gates and courts of His creation is to be accompanied with thanks-giving and with praise. Even when the dire circumstances of life encourage us to grieve in painful sorrow, our ultimate expression is to be with thanksgiving and praise! His Name is to be celebrated with joy! Oh, the LORD is good (tob, pleasant, agreeable), and He is faithful (emunah) to every generation!
In these past months of solitude, I have witnessed the value of praise over gloom, of rejoicing over dwelling in the doldrums. Cheer up, people! We serve a Living God, who is Coming Soon to take us all Home!
Heartily in Christ Jesus,
(Dado III)
Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D.
Springdale, Arkansas 72764
United States of America
“We never know that God is all we need
until He becomes all that we have.”
