Good Morning Everyone,
Our theme for this month: “Celebration”
Our Bible verse for today: “Shout triumphantly to the Lord, all the earth. Serve the Lord with gladness; come before Him with joyful songs … Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise. Give thanks to Him and praise His name.” Psalm 100:1-2;4 (HCSB)
Our thought for today: “The Christian should be one big hallelujah from head to toe!”
I don’t remember who first made that statement but I do know that I agree with it. Nobody on the face of the planet has more to be joyful about or more to celebrate than those who have been redeemed and who therefore have the promise of eternity in heaven. Yup, the Christian should be one big hallelujah from head to toe.
In his book “Celebration of Discipline” Richard Foster writes that celebration is at the heart of the Christian experience. All the spiritual disciplines – prayer, Bible study, worship, fasting, meditation, service, etc – all of them, should lead us into a spirit of celebration because all of them draw us into a deeper relationship with God. A deeper relationship with God enhances our understanding and appreciation of who we are as children of God and what a rich inheritance is ours. That is something to celebrate!
In Psalm 100 King David painted a word picture of joyful people gathered together celebrating their kinship as children of God. There was singing and dancing, feasting and laughter, shouts of praise and tears of joy. It was a holy and joy filled celebration of God’s people. And I’m sure it was punctuated with lots of “hallelujahs”!
All this month we will explore the theme of celebration. As the people of God we should indeed be one big hallelujah from head to toe. Does that describe you? Would you like it to? I believe we have to be intentional about celebrating the fact that we have been adopted into God’s family, we have inherited all the spiritual riches that belong to those in God’s family, and our eternity it going to be great. That is something to celebrate.
God Bless,
Pastor Jim
Oak Hill Baptist Church 