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\u201cKnow that the LORD, he is God! It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture” (Psalm 100:3 ESV).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Psalm 100 is a psalm of joyful praise calling all people to worship the LORD with gladness. At its center is this command: \u201cKnow that the LORD, he is God.\u201d The Hebrew verb yada\u2018 means more than intellectual knowledge\u2014it implies personal recognition, relationship, and submission. To \u201cknow\u201d the LORD is to acknowledge His identity as the one true God and to yield our lives in trust and obedience to Him. The psalmist gives two reasons for this knowing: first, \u201cIt is he who made us,\u201d and second, \u201cwe are his.\u201d The LORD is both Creator and Owner. We did not make ourselves; our existence and purpose come from Him. Yet, this Creator is also our Shepherd\u2014\u201cwe are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.\u201d He not only formed us but faithfully cares for us. Knowing the LORD, then, is not just knowing about Him, having intellectual knowledge of Him, but knowing Him relationally. It is to find joy and belonging in the God who made and loves us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a world that prizes personal autonomy and struggles with identity, we are reminded that we are not our own. Yet the New Testament reveals the fullness of this knowing through Jesus Christ. As Jesus prayed, \u201cThis is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent\u201d (John 17:3). Knowing God is no longer distant or abstract; it is personal and relational through His Son. Each day, we grow in this knowledge by abiding in Christ, reading His Word, and walking in His ways. The more we know Him, the more we trust Him, and our hearts overflow with thanksgiving and praise to the One who calls us His own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PRAYER: Dear Father, thank You that You alone are God. You made us, and we are Yours. Teach us to know You more deeply through Your Son, Jesus Christ, whom You have sent. Help us to walk daily in the joy of belonging to You, our Creator and Shepherd. In Jesus\u2019 name, amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cKnow that the LORD, he is God! It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture” (Psalm 100:3 ESV). Psalm 100 is a psalm of joyful praise calling all people to worship the LORD with gladness. At its center is this command: \u201cKnow that<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"scripture-book":[1286],"scripture-chapter":[1433],"oyb_day":[1828],"location":[],"class_list":["post-13688","oyb","type-oyb","status-publish","hentry","scripture-book-psalms","scripture-chapter-1433","oyb_day-october-28"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb\/13688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/oyb"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13688"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-book?post=13688"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-chapter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-chapter?post=13688"},{"taxonomy":"oyb_day","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb_day?post=13688"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=13688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}