Are You Glad?

“I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD.” Psalm 122:1 KJV

At the church my wife and I attended before we relocated, our pastor would start the morning service with David’s words from Psalm 122. “I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord.” (Ps.122:1 kjv) He said it enthusiastically and with meaning every week. Our pastor was truly glad to be in the house of the Lord every Sunday.

I often wondered then, as I do now, how many under the sound of his voice were as enthused as he was. Oh, I’m sure some were, maybe most were, but it may not have been one hundred percent of the congregation. We can say that for most Christian churches wherever they are in the world. Some people may be under the weather or not feeling well from the night before. Others may have their minds occupied with the afternoon festivities, especially now that football season has arrived in the United States. There are a host of things that will distract us on Sunday mornings to prevent the true joy of being in God’s house with other believers, Satan will see to that. He doesn’t want us experiencing joy and worshiping God in church, in fact he’d rather we not be there at all, not even streaming on-line.

With so many outside activities occurring on Sunday’s and increasingly morning activities, it causes us to pause and ask ourselves, what gives us the most joy. That’s a question each of us needs to answer honestly and let the truth fall where it may. Then comes the seriousness of soul searching based on our answer. How do we proceed when the truth is revealed? We pray and ask the Lord to lead us through this, so we can joyfully say, ‘I was glad when they said unto me, let us go into the house of the Lord.’