Psalm 112:1 “Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.”
Many of you are traveling this weekend and hope to have a fun-filled trip. Taking a break from the routines of life is good and often very needed – as long as God is not left out.
As Christians, however, it should not be part of our plans to skip church. God never leaves us nor does He ever takes a day off – thank God for that. He is always there when we need Him.
Church attendance is often down on the holidays and this hurts the local church. The text verse mentions that the believer who wants to be blessed is not those who have good intentions, but those who actually “delight” in and obey His Word.
One of His commands deals with church attendance. Hebrews 10:25 says: “Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.” Note that this is a command and not a suggestion.
Also note that this verse says that we ought to be even more faithful to the “assembling” when we know that Christ is coming back soon. There is little doubt that it is very far away. Believers should be even more faithful now than ever. Another part of the command in this verse is that believers are to exhort (strongly encourage) other believers to be faithful and meet together.
How about it, Christian, will you be in church during this holiday? If so, you will have to make plans to do it and not leave it up to convenience.