Read: Psalm 100 

Nothing is more awesome than to know God.

认识上帝是最棒的事！  

The Lord is good and his love endures forever. Psalm 100:5 

耶和华本为善，祂的慈爱存到永远。-诗篇100篇5节

Psalm100 is like a work of art that helps us celebrate our unseen God. While the focus of our  worship is beyond view, His people make Him known.

诗篇100篇像一幅画，帮助我们赞美那位看不见的上帝。虽然我们看不见所敬拜的上帝，但祂的百姓能将祂描绘出来。

Imagine the artist with brush and palette working the colorful words of this psalm onto a  canvas. What emerges before our eyes is a world—“all the earth”—shouting for joy to the Lord (v. 1). Joy. Because it is the delight of our God to redeem us from death. “For the joy that was set before Him,” Jesus endured the cross(Heb. 12:2 nkjv).

诗篇100篇的作者就像艺术家拿着画笔和调色盘，在画布上挥洒出缤纷的字句，呈现在我们眼前的一幕是「普天下」都向耶和华欢呼（1节）。我们欢呼是因为上帝乐于拯救我们脱离死亡，耶稣「因那摆在前面的喜乐」，便忍受了十架上的苦难（希伯来书12章2节）。

As our eyes move across the canvas we see an all-world choir of countless members singing “with gladness” and “joyful songs” (Ps. 100:2). Our heavenly Father’ s heart is pleased when His people worship Him for who He is and what He has done.

当我们观赏这幅画作，首先映入眼帘的，是全球各地无数的合唱团「欢欢喜喜」地向耶和华「欢唱」（诗篇100篇2节，新译本）。当上帝的子民敬拜上帝，尊崇祂奇妙的作为，上帝的心就欢喜。

Then we see images of ourselves, fashioned from dust in the hands of our Creator,and led like  sheep into green pastures (v. 3). We, His people, have a loving Shepherd.

接着，我们也从画作中看到自己，我们是由造物主用尘土创造的，并如羊群被领到草场上（3节）。我们这些属上帝的子民拥有一位慈爱的牧人！

Finally,we see God’s great and glorious dwelling place—and the gates through which His rescued people enter His unseen presence, while giving Him thanks and praise(v. 4).

最后，我们看到上帝伟大且荣耀的居所，祂所拯救的百姓通过大门，进到上帝的同在中，对他们看不见的上帝，献上感恩和赞美（4节）。

What a picture, inspired by our God. Our good, loving, and faithful God. No wonder it will take  forever to enjoy His greatness!

这颂赞上帝的画面多么美妙！祂如此美善、慈爱又信实，难怪我们需要永恒的时间，享受祂的伟大和美好！

Prayer 祷告：

Great God of heaven,thank You for life, for joy, for protection, and for promising us a future withYou forever. Help us to live with thoughts of Your greatness always on our hearts and minds.

天父上帝，谢谢祢赐予生命、喜乐和护庇，感谢祢应许永远与我们同在。帮助我们时刻牢记祢的伟大，活出讨祢喜悦的生活。