Psalm 48:9

Within your temple, O God, we meditate on your unfailing love.

Why should I bother coming to worship on a Sunday?

I’ve been asked that many times over the years by people who had either stopped coming to our worship services or who weren’t part of our church, but we were encouraging them to come. And it’s a good question.

What is the point of coming to a Sunday worship service?

The writer of Psalm 48 clues us in to what we get to do. As he stepped into the temple of God in the Old Testament (think church building), his senses were met with all sorts of sights, sounds, and smells. All of it pointed to one beautiful truth. God in his unfailing love has a solution, a plan, to pay for our sins. As frequently as someone would come to the temple with sin, they would find the relief of forgiveness. There they would hear songs that point to God’s faithful love and abiding presence. In the temple of God, you could meditate on the unfailing love of God in your life and in the lives of family and friends.

Why come to worship? It’s a place, an opportunity, to focus on and meditate on God’s unfailing love. Worship is a chance to hear about God’s solution for your sin. It’s Jesus! He paid for it. As frequently and often as you come, you’ll be met with the sounds and sights of God’s love in Christ shared with you, a love that faithfully covers you with God’s forgiveness. You can hear of God’s faithfulness to you in all areas of your life. You can sit, meditate, and think about God’s unfailing love to you, your family, and your friends.

Why come to worship? It certainly isn’t because you have to do something. You get the opportunity in Sunday worship to do the one thing you need to do as often as you can: meditate on the faithful love of your God to you.