He Made Us and We Are His

 Psalm 100:3  Know that the LORD is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.

            To know is to have a firm understanding of something; to understand something in a way that enables one to build a foundation on which to acquire additional knowledge. Perhaps the first thing we can know from this verse is something the Hebrews knew. The Jews considered God’s name to be too sacred to be spoken, so it was usually translated Jehovah or Yahweh and written as the tetragrammaton YHVH or YHWH. Most authentic translations of the Old Testament text will capitalize all four letters of LORD to convey this sense of holiness of God. So at the very onset, we can know that God is the LORD, God Almighty. He is no secondary, imaginary, or human-generated god; He is the LORD, Holy God, the Alpha and Omega—and he is the beginning and the last. In fact, Holy God ALWAYS existed, he still exists TODAY, and he always WILL exist. This is part of his Name, YHWH. The very name of God identifies that he is divine, sovereign, and supreme over all powers in heaven or on earth. This is what sets the foundation on which we build additional knowledge of whence we come and whose we are.         

From whence do we come?   It is he who made us.

Genesis 1:27  So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.

Psalm 139:13-14  For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.

Whose are we?  We are his.

Psalm 24:1  The earth is the LORD’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it…

Romans 10:13  Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.

Galatians 3:26, 28  You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus, … There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave no free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

Acts 10:34-35  God does not show favoritism but accepts men from every nation who fear him and do what is right.

            Yet there is something else hidden within the few words of this verse. Not only do we learn and come to know who God is, from whence we come, and whose we are; but God reveals to us something about the favored relationship in which we stand with him.

We are his people; the sheep of his pasture.

Psalm 23:1-3  The LORD is my shepherd, I shall lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he restores my soul.

Psalm 37:28  For the LORD loves the just and will not forsake his faithful ones.

Psalm 86:5  You are kind and forgiving, O Lord, abounding in love to all who call to you.

Psalm 91:14-15  “Because he loves me,” says the LORD, “I will rescue him; for he acknowledges my name. He will call upon me, and I will answer him…”

Psalm 95:6-7  Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the LORD our Maker; for he is our God and we are the people of his pasture, the flock under his care.

            We can know God is the Everlasting, LORD God Almighty. We can know God is our Creator.  We can know we are God’s people. We can know God cares deeply for each and every one of us. And with this as our foundation, how can we do anything other than praise him and worship him with gladness and joy?

Gracious Heavenly Father,

            Thank you for who you are. Thank you for whose we are. Forgive our stumblings, failings, and weaknesses. Open our hearts to see how deeply you care for us. We worship you with joy and gladness.

            In the name of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior, Amen.

           

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