Psalm 100 Summary - 5 Minute Bible Study

Psalm 100 Short Summary:

Psalm 100 is a short psalm with only 5 verses. It’s a call for all the people of the earth to worship the Lord with a “joyful noise.” All of God’s creation belongs to Him and should serve Him, this includes human beings. But serving God is not difficult because He is a good and kind Creator.

Psalm 100 Summary

AUTHOR:

• The author of Psalm 100 is not named.

NEW TESTAMENT REFERENCES:

• No Known New Testament References.

THEMES:

• God is a good and kind Creator.

• He is worthy of thanksgiving and worship.

DEFINITIONS:

• *No definitions

OUTLINE:

• KNOW THAT THE LORD, HE IS GOD (100:1-5):

  • The psalmist called for joyful worship to be sent up to Heaven in praise to the Lord.

  • He called for people to serve the Lord with gladness.

  • The writer wanted all the people of the earth to recognize their relationship to God, they belonged to Him, and they were obligated to serve Him. They lived on His earth, like sheep grazing on the shepherd’s land.

  • But serving this God wasn’t to be thought of as a burden. God is a kind and good Creator, and the people had many reasons to be thankful to Him.

  • The psalm ends with the words, “For the Lord is good; His steadfast love endures forever, and His faithfulness to all generations” (100:5).

APPLICATION:

• Just because a Bible passage is easy to understand doesn’t mean it is easy to live out.

• Psalm 100 is very short and very straightforward. Understanding it doesn’t demand a lot from your brain, but embracing it demands a lot from your heart.

• How many people in our modern world refuse to accept what is taught in this psalm, namely that we were created by God, we belong to Him, we should serve Him, we are sheep in His pasture, and that we should be spending our time worshiping Him instead of being focused solely on ourselves.

• Many won’t acknowledge this psalm’s teaching because they can’t humble themselves to accept it.

• These truths are even forgotten by believers sometimes, not that they literally forget that the Bible teaches them, but they fall into patterns of living that come about through neglect of applying them.  

• When you’ve read and understood the teachings of the Bible, that is when the real work begins. Humbling your heart, your mind, and your will to God’s truths is the real challenge.

• It’s one thing to hear the words of God as an academic pursuit, its another thing to hear the words of God and change your life to live in alignment with them.

• As James wrote, our desire should be to “be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves” (James 1:22).

• We don’t want to deceive ourselves by believing ourselves to be godly just because we sat down and read from our Bible. A truly godly person is one who reads the Bible and then applies it.