Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.
Psalm 100:4 KJV
We saw in the previous daily that to enter his gates is the right of access into Jerusalem, to become a citizen of his kingdom. To enter his courts is entry into his house, to become his child.
Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;
Ephesians 2:19 KJV
This is the present reality for those in Christ. We forsook the false father|family and became a child of the true Father. We have come out of one kingdom and joined another.
Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
Colossians 1:13 KJV
To me, just the thought that “I am a kingdom of light citizen” and “I am a child of God”, is a place of endless joy. So we ought indeed to bless the name, as the psalmist said. That name that granted us access. Jesus! Now, there is work to be done. Let minister that name to the world, so others will find entrance (2 Peter 1:11) to his kingdom, his family and share in his joy and ours.
