SimchaMinute: Gratitude and serving Hashem

“Ivdu es hashem bsimcha — Serve Hashem in happiness” (Tehillim 100:2)
Serve means demonstrate that you are an eved (servant) of Hashem. Gratitude causes humility and all acts of avodah (service) are forms of demonstration that we are servants of Hashem. Thus all the mitvos are demonstrations that we are servants of our master, and we perform these forms of avodah with joy. — Praise, My Soul