As
we gather to worship our great and good God, we do so in the midst of many
trials and difficulties, many confusions, many uncertainties. Some of those trials are personal, individual
– maybe there are some that no one else even knows about but you today. Some are familial and relational, some are
financial, some are health related.
Some
of the trials are of a more corporate nature, and we certainly have a new one
today. Today is the day when Washington
State will witness its first sanctioned, official and public wedding ceremonies
of same-sex marriages.
What
should we be doing? What are we to do
with all of these difficulties? The
answer is found here – in the Lord’s Day Worship of God’s people. Here we come and confess our sins and the
sins of our people. Here we beseech the
God of mercy for mercy, the God of healing for healing, the God of answers for
answers. Here, we gather to be flayed
open by His Word, opened, re-arranged, examined, and cleansed, transformed,
instructed, rehabilitated, restored.
Here we gather and are granted the wisdom of the Lord, in Word and in
Bread and Wine.
This
is the place to start everything. That
is why this is the place to start the New Week – for this is the Day that the
Lord has made, let us rejoice and – in the midst of every named trial – be glad
in it. Let Him meet you here for He has
promised to do so – and as you humble yourself before Him, as we humble
ourselves before Him – He promises to lift us up.
Then
we will know – then we will be sent – then we will be able to serve – and bring
heaven to earth
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