By Mario D. Ford
The psalmist writes in Psalms 100:1 “Make a joyful shout to the Lord, all you lands!”
A shout, by definition, is a loud cry expressing a strong emotion; to shout is to raise an anthem of praise from the heart to the Lord.
Tragically, there are some people who are dumb, mute, and silent when it comes to the goodness of God.
However, with all the breaking news, we are still in our right mind, have a roof over our head, have food on the table, have clothes on our back, shoes on our feet, and blood running warm from vein to vein — we have something to shout about!
If you can’t get excited about the goodness of God, — your wood is wet.
There is a superscription above Psalms 100 in many Bibles which labels it as a Psalms of Thanksgiving — the only such Psalms in the entire Psalter.
Thanksgiving isn’t a date on the calendar or a season of the year; thanksgiving should be the condition of our hearts, everyday ought to be a day of thanksgiving.
The older I get, I’m learning to just live thankful.
The Lord doesn’t have to give me a house or car, a check in the mail or do any extravagant thing— I’m just thankful for somewhere to lay my head, a little something to eat, and somebody to talk to.
Learn to see the extraordinary in the ordinary.
We ought to be thankful to get up in the morning, be able to feed ourselves, and get dressed on our own.
Listen, in the words of our elders, we could have been dead, sleeping in our grave but God looked beyond our faults, saw our needs, spoke to our golden moments, and told them to roll on a little longer.
Truly, we have something to shout about!