Worship
by Kathy Matuschka
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‘Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name … Worship the Lord in the splendour of his holiness’ (Psalm 96:8a,9a).
What is another fitting response to our unexpected invitation to the wedding feast? Worship.
If you are reading this, it means you are committed to a habit of daily worship. You consider it important – essential even – to come before the king of heaven and earth.
What are you doing here? Are you reading, reflecting, and praying because you know that your life works better when you do? Are you bringing your needs to the throne room because you know it is where you find the power to bring about the good you seek in yourself and our world? Do you come because there is a particular need that consumes your every moment? Or are you currently going through the motions of faith, hoping that as you keep up faithful Christian practices, the pilot light will reignite, and you will find new hope and joy?
Welcome.
Come as you are; join the heavens, the seas, the fields and the forests (verses 11–12), and worship.
As I write this, some of us can gather with our congregation on a Sunday, and others cannot. Whatever your situation, I pray that the God of hope will fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit (Romans 15:13).
Dear God of splendour and majesty, strength, and glory, thank you for inviting me to your banquet. There is none beside you; there is no kingdom in which I’d rather be. Please fill me with your Holy Spirit so that my life may reflect my gratitude that you invite me into fellowship with you. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
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