来，普天下的人！
“全地当向耶和华欢呼。”(英王钦定本圣经)——小时候，我是用这个译本来诵读诗篇100:1的。年少的我，常常想像那众多堂皇而遥远的王国，座落在金光灿烂、绵延起伏的山水原野上，它们一并向天举目，一同以洪亮的声音赞美欢呼。
现在，可能是因为我对这个世界的认识比以前深了，我想像中的图画也有点不同了。我知道我们的世界不全是堂皇和金光灿烂的，事实上，我们活在一个充满各种战争、分裂，和不公的世界里。有时我们不禁相信，没有任何事物能使我们团结一起了。
然而，诗人却相信团结是有可能的。神爱每个土地的每一个人，祂盼望人人都怀着感谢和赞美来到衪那里。这个邀请、这个欢迎、这个认识神的美善的呼唤，是向全世界发出的。诗人呼唤每一个时代和每一个地方的每一个人，都来向神献上感谢、歌颂，和忠诚，因为衪是那位创造我们并以信实待所有受造之物的神。这节经文催促我们，当超越一切藩蓠去接纳所有人，又排除一切自以为是的偏见，单单来敬拜神。
今天就来一起称谢神吧，“因为耶和华本为善。” 衪的慈爱广及地极，永远长存。
慈爱的神，祢的美善遍满全地！我们怀着感谢的心，听到祢的呼唤，就欢乐地跑到祢面前；愿全地的人都能与我们一同高声欢呼。奉耶稣的名祷告，阿们。
诗篇 100
1普天下当向耶和华欢呼！
2你们当乐意事奉耶和华， 当来向他歌唱！
3你们当晓得耶和华是神！ 我们是他造的，也是属他的； 我们是他的民，也是他草场的羊。
4当称谢进入他的门； 当赞美进入他的院。 当感谢他，称颂他的名！
5因为耶和华本为善。 他的慈爱存到永远； 他的信实直到万代。
Calling All The Earth
"Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth." — Psalm 100:1
“Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands.” That’s the way I memorized Psalm 100:1 as a child (King James Version). My young imagination pictured grand, far-off kingdoms set in golden, rolling landscapes, all lifting their attention to the heavens to join in one huge happy shout of praise.
I picture it a bit differently now—maybe because I know more about the world than I did then. I’m more aware that not all in our world is grand and golden. In fact, we live in a world filled with wars, divisions, and inequities of all sorts. Sometimes we’re tempted to believe that nothing could ever unite us.
But the psalmist believes unity is possible. God loves every person in every land, and God’s desire for each one is to come to him with thanksgiving and praise. The invitation, the welcome, the call to know God’s goodness goes out into all the world. The psalmist calls every person in every time and place to offer thanksgiving, singing, and grateful devotion to the God who made us and is faithful to all creation. This verse pushes us beyond all boundaries to embrace all peoples, and beyond every self-centered preoccupation to worship only God.
So give thanks to God today. “For the Lord is good.” His love extends to the ends of the earth and endures forever.
Gracious God, your goodness fills the earth. With gratitude we hear your call to come before you joyfully and to pray that all people will be able to shout along. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.
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