"Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy." Exodus 20:8
Today is the Lord's Day. How often we take for granted this special day of the week for the body of Christ to gather together to worship corporately.
Dr. Albert Mohler, Jr., President of The Southern Baptist Seminary and author wrote this about the early church:
The early Christian church YEARNED to arrive at the Lord's Day, knowing that if they could survive the week, they would once again hear the preaching of the Word of God and fellowship with the saints of God. They thought, "If we can only survive the week, we will make it to the Lord's Day together." ...
The evidence in the New Testament is that the Lord's Day is mostly about worship, about gathering, about being confronted with the preaching of the Word, about coming together with mutual instruction, about the Lord's Table where the communion of the saints points to a meal which is yet to come. The Lord's Day points not only back to the Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ and His accomplished work, but it also points forward to that rest we will enjoy on that day when we shall be with Him and there will be no more work. There will be no more works of mercy, no benevolent ministries in heaven, for there will be mercy in abundance. All will be well. Every eye will be dry and ever tear wiped away ...
It is our confidence that if we can only survive the week, if we can only arrive at the Lord's Day, we shall be with God's people together. We can survive imperial oppression. We can survive the drudgery of what appears to be meaningless labor. We can survive persecution and trial. We can endure sickness and death -- if only we can arrive at the Lord's Day to be with God's people together. (adapted from WORDS FROM THE FIRE -- Hearing the Voice of God in the 10 Commandments published by Moody Press)
I was blown away when I read Dr. Mohler's remarks. Do we have that same survival hunger for the Lord's Day? Think about it! -- Bill Welte is President and CEO of America's KESWICK
Digging Deeper: Proverbs 3; Isaiah 17-19 ; Ephesians 5:17-33
Dig This Quote: God cannot bless us until He has us. When we try to keep within us an area that is our own, we try to keep and area of death. Therefore, in love, He claims all. There's no bargaining with Him. -- C.S. Lewis
Determined Digging: Level 1:Zephaniah 3:17; Level 2: Psalm 139:23-24
Determined Praying: Too often we forget to thank God for answered prayer. Praise is the proper punctuation mark for an answered prayer.
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