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Psalm 100

Psalm 100 is known as a psalm for giving thanks.

Worship the Lord with gladness – Know that the Lord is God – Give thanks to him and praise his name – For the Lord is good – his faithfulness continues.

The Psalm reminds us that to be God-centered is to realize that God is at the heart of life. He influences and invades all of reality. Why does this matter? How will this enable me to be a grateful person? Because, our happiness is not dependent on personal experience, but on God’s grace and love for me.

Grateful people are free to be giving and caring because they are centered on God, and they are centered on others, not on themselves. Grateful people who are God-centered and others-centered are loving people who want to bless others.

The grateful heart is a full heart. No matter how little he may actually have compared to others, a grateful person feels like they are full because they are grateful.

The grateful person has an unlimited capacity to enjoy God’s blessings, no matter how few or how many they may be. Let me tell you this, nobody has few blessings from God. We all have many, many, many blessings from God. The grateful person, even in the midst of heartache and loss, is going to feel full.

In this season of Thanksgiving, let us reflect on our lives, and be thankful for all God has done for us.