Daily Bible Reading Wednesday 22nd November 2023
by William Moody
Psalms 99–101
The Lord Our God Is Holy
99:1 The LORD reigns; let the peoples tremble!
He sits enthroned upon the cherubim; let the earth quake!
2 The LORD is great in Zion;
he is exalted over all the peoples.
3 Let them praise your great and awesome name!
Holy is he!
4 The King in his might loves justice.1
You have established equity;
you have executed justice
and righteousness in Jacob.
5 Exalt the LORD our God;
worship at his footstool!
Holy is he!
6 Moses and Aaron were among his priests,
Samuel also was among those who called upon his name.
They called to the LORD, and he answered them.
7 In the pillar of the cloud he spoke to them;
they kept his testimonies
and the statute that he gave them.
8 O LORD our God, you answered them;
you were a forgiving God to them,
but an avenger of their wrongdoings.
9 Exalt the LORD our God,
and worship at his holy mountain;
for the LORD our God is holy!
His Steadfast Love Endures Forever
A Psalm for giving thanks.
100:1 Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth!
2 Serve the LORD with gladness!
Come into his presence with singing!
3 Know that the LORD, he is God!
It is he who made us, and we are his;2
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 steadfast love endures forever,
and his faithfulness to all generations.
I Will Walk with Integrity
A Psalm of David.
101:1 I will sing of steadfast love and justice;
to you, O LORD, I will make music.
2 I will ponder the way that is blameless.
Oh when will you come to me?
I will walk with integrity of heart
within my house;
3 I will not set before my eyes
anything that is worthless.
I hate the work of those who fall away;
it shall not cling to me.
4 A perverse heart shall be far from me;
I will know nothing of evil.
5 Whoever slanders his neighbor secretly
I will destroy.
Whoever has a haughty look and an arrogant heart
I will not endure.
6 I will look with favor on the faithful in the land,
that they may dwell with me;
he who walks in the way that is blameless
shall minister to me.
7 No one who practices deceit
shall dwell in my house;
no one who utters lies
shall continue before my eyes.
8 Morning by morning I will destroy
all the wicked in the land,
cutting off all the evildoers
from the city of the LORD.(ESV)
Psalm 100 is one of the most well-known Psalms. Like so many of the Psalms the worshippers are encouraged to come before the lord with joy and gladness (v1-2). Our singing needs to come from genuine hearts of praise.
We’re called to pause and know that the LORD (Yahweh, Jehovah), the God of Israel, that He is the true God (v3).
Our worship of the LORD comes from how He is the God who made us and, in His grace, has called us to Himself to be His sheep. Jesus said that His sheep hear His voice and follow Him (John 10 v27). Not all people belong to God’s flock, only those who have heard the call of the Good Shepherd to come to Him and they have responded to that call.
Creation and redemption are the major themes of true worship. Our worship is always of God as our Creator and Redeemer.
Entering worship with thanksgiving and praise (v4), happens as our hearts truly have been touched by grace. It is then that we have truly come to experience the goodness, steadfast love and faithfulness of God (v5).
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