Psalms 100:1-5 A Psalm of praise. Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands. 2) Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing. 3) Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. 4) Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name. 5) For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.

David was a man who knew how to please God. He esteemed God very high in his life and was continually worshipping Him. We can learn a great deal from this man David, who was a man after God’s own heart.  David encourages us to praise and magnify God in our lives. In verse 2 he said “Serve the Lord with gladness”. Not with a slavish fear, under a spirit of bondage, as the Jews under the legal dispensation; not in the oldness of the letter, but in the newness of the Spirit: with spiritual joy and freedom of soul, as under the spirit of adoption; readily, willingly, cheerfully; without sinister and selfish ends and views; as their Lord and Master; taking delight in his person, and pleasure in his service; rejoicing in him, without having any confidence in the flesh. The service of God is a source of the highest joy that man knows.

Our worship must be intelligent. We ought to know whom we worship and why. "Man, know thyself," is a wise aphorism, yet to know our God is truer wisdom; and it is very questionable whether a man can know himself until he knows his God. Jehovah is God in the fullest, most absolute, and most exclusive sense, he is God alone; to know him in that character and prove our knowledge by obedience, trust, submission, zeal, and love is an attainment which only grace can bestow. Only those who practically recognize his Godhead are at all likely to offer acceptable praise.

It is only when we praise God for who He is that we give Him the honor that is due Him. We praise Him for what He has done, and that is good, but to acknowledge Him as God of all things is better. It is through the pure praise of the people of God that God that God blesses. “He inhabits the Praise of Israel”. Meaning that He dwells among those who praise Him. He abides with those who serve Him with a glad heart.

These are just a few verses that the Psalmist gives us that will attract the attention of God:

Ps 145:1 I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever.

Ps 32:11 Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.

Ps 47:1 O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph.

Ps 66:1 Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands:

Ps 66:4 All the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing unto thee; they shall sing to thy name. Selah.

Ps 95:1 O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.

Ps 95:2 Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.

Ps 98:4 Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise.

Isa 24:14 They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing for the majesty of the LORD, they shall cry aloud from the sea.

If you want the spirit of God to move in your life, your family, your church, then take this lesson from a man who knew how to have church. Praise will always draw the spirit of God. If your church needs revival, start by praising God for who He is. You will have revival. YOUR praise will draw the Power of God.

In His Service,
Pastor Donald Pierce