Ps. 84:10 A single day in your courts is better than a thousand
anywhere else! I would rather be a gatekeeper in the house of my God than live
the good life in the homes of the wicked.
What kind of desire do
you have when you gather with God’s children in worship? Is church just another
thing on the agenda for you to do? Do you approach it as more of a duty or a
desire of your heart? I suspect that for most of us, we don’t get too excited
about going to church. We go because that is what we know we need to do or
because it is expected of us. We go because we don’t want to get out of the
discipline of going, knowing that then we would soon slip away from God. We go
because we don’t want to be a bad example for others and give them an excuse
for not going. We go to church for a wide variety of reasons, but when was the
last time you went because your soul longed to go knowing that you would be in
the presence of God when you went?
When was the last time
you knew the Lord would be in His house when you went? The Psalmist was caught
up with being in the Tabernacle courts because he knew that God was in His
house. God chose to dwell amongst His people in the Tabernacle. He had instructed
the people on how to construct the Tabernacle and everything associated with it
and how to approach Him in worship. God presented himself as holy to His people
and provided very strict means on how to approach Him. Only those who were
purified could enter into the Tabernacle itself and serve as priests on behalf
of the people before God.
I wonder if we were to
take greater pains to present God as holy to each other if we too, would have a
greater desire to be in the house of the Lord. Perhaps if we were to consider
God to be holy, we would have a greater desire and power to resist the urge to
dabble in sin.
What will it take for
you to have a longing in your heart to draw near to God in worship?
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