Where Righteousness and Peace Kiss

Psalm 122 is one of God’s songs.  He gave us 150 to sing and to learn from what it is He would have us sing to Him and to one another in our services of worship.  Do not neglect the singing of the Psalms, for it pleases Your Lord.

As we gather, we are ascending to the throne of God by faith and in the power of the Spirit.  We are doing what Israel pictured, what they only did in shadows, when they ascended to Jerusalem to come to the temple of God.  Those who did so by faith knew that they were only practicing – and that they also would only come to God if they came by faith – the same faith which has been granted to you who are in Christ Jesus.

So do not fall into the complacency that comes when you do not come prepared and when you do not come thinking.  Give your attention to the Psalms, to the Scriptures, to the prayers, to the preaching.  God is at work among us which means He is at work in you – now.  And He has something for you.  He intends for you to leave here built up, encouraged, challenged – and changed.  This will be the work of His Spirit and not anyone else – although He will use means – and this service of worship is His appointed means.  His Word, His Table, His saints, His songs – come and worship God the Father, come in the name of Jesus His Son, and come in the power of the Holy Spirit.