July 28: THE REFRESHING HOUR OF WORSHIP

This is the day of the week that many people devote to cutting grass. It will be a good experience. There is a genuine feeling of satisfaction that one gets when standing and viewing a freshly manicured lawn. It looks good! And you did it. You deserve to stand back and enjoy that feeling of things looking right. But seven days from now, that feeling will be gone and the grass will need cutting again. So, you will do it again.
In the spiritual world there is a similar experience. Many people will go to church Sunday. They will sing and pray and repent of sin as they worship God. Standing in the parking lot and looking back at the church buildings, they will have a feeling of rightness. They will see themselves in a positive light. Sins forgiven and energy restored, they will have their hearts set in a godly direction. But in less than a week they will know they need to worship with other believers again.
Life tragedies and pressures, sicknesses and sadness, work and child raising will have cluttered the landscape of life and there will be a hunger for worship again. That’s why churches provide a time of refreshment and a place of retreat for you on Sunday.
In Genesis 2:2 the Bible tells us that God rested on the Sabbath day. If a day of refreshment was good for God, it is good for you, so in Exodus 20:8-11 God prescribed a day of rest and refreshment. That pattern goes through the Bible, Hebrews 10:25 (NIV) urges “let us not give up meeting together.”
Sunday worship is not meant to be meaningless repetition but dynamic worship of God that leaves you clean and refreshed. Wouldn’t you like to feel renewed and alive again? Find a church for worship. The grass will wait.

“How beautiful it is to worship You, O Lord, in a spirit of openness and
truth. How refreshing to our souls! Thank You, Precious Savior! Amen”