"Serve the Lord with Gladness"

What are we as believers to do in times like these? The psalmist encourages some specific actions that will bring honor to God and keep our focus in the right place.
Psalm 100
1. Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands.
2. Serve the Lord with gladness: come before his presence with singing. Praise the Lord and singing unto Him. This is the outcome of a Spirit filled life. See Ephesians 5:18 & 19.
3. Know ye that the Lord he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. Know, understand, accept that we are His creation. Further that we as believers become his children (John 1:12). This relationship is one of special care. We are the sheep of His pasture, recall David's rehearsal of this care in the 23rd Psalm.
4. Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name. Thankfulness will keep your spirit sweet.
5. For the Lord is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations. If you will focus on the Lord and remember his truth, mercy and goodness you will have reason to be thankful.