Devotion:
Read Psalm 100.
I associate this Psalm with the season of Thanksgiving. That’s when I usually heard it read as I grew up in the church. “Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise…”
Today in worship, we will share in the sacrament of Holy Communion. As we share in the words and actions that are part of this meal and we receive the elements through which we encounter Jesus again, we are reminded of the primary reasons we have to give thanks. Both of those reasons have to do with the grace of our Lord. First, he sacrificed his life to open the door for everyone to have a personal relationship with God. That is justifying grace, the free gift that puts us right with God. But he also meets us again in this meal, assuring us of his continuing presence to guide and shape us to be more like him. That is sanctifying grace which says that God loves us enough not to leave us as we are.
So we gather at the table of Jesus to give thanks for this grace in which we live. However you celebrate Thanksgiving this year, don’t forget to include that on your list of things for which to be thankful. “...give thanks to him and praise his name. For the Lord is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues to all generations.”
Personal Worship Option:
In your life with Christ, what experience or setting of Communion was most meaningful to you? Where was it? Who was involved? Give thanks to God for that experience.
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