From the Pastor

by Lon Lorton

PASTOR’S CORNER

“Enter His gates with thanksgiving; go into His courts with praise.  Give thanks to Him and bless His name.  For the Lord is good.  His unfailing love continues forever, and His faithfulness continues to each generation.”  [Psalm 100:4-5]

The psalmist is pretty clear, isn’t he?  He was encouraging the people of God to worship Him.  If God is God, and if we know how much He loves us and wants a personal relationship with us, then we have, not only a need, but a desire to meet with Him and worship Him.  That makes a lot of sense.  So, the writer says, “Come with thanksgiving and praise.  Bless the Lord, for He is good.”

I hope you do that.  My prayer for you is that you take advantage of the opportunity you have to worship God with other believers.  The only thing I know of that we can give God is our praise and worship.  God receives it, but we also gain in the experience, don’t we?  If our worship is genuine, we come away from it with a deep sense of peace and joy and fulfillment.

As we enter into this Lenten Season, looking toward Easter and the celebration of resurrection, I will be praying that His gates will be busy with the comings and goings of His people and His courts will be filled with shouts of praise as we bless the name of our Lord.  I’ll pray, too, that we all might feel His unfailing love and faithfulness.

Blessed be your Lenten experience,

RevLon.