I was Glad

Psa 122:1 A Song of Ascents. Of David.
I was glad when they said to me, "Let us go to the house of the LORD!"


Ahh... this is one verse that I enjoyed so very much while I was at basic training. Not only for the joke behind it, but also for the further meaning that I took from its words. Now let me give you some back story to this aforementioned joke...
at basic training Sundays pretty much everyone goes to church, even those who would never step a foot inside on the outside world. Oddly enough the reason everyone chooses to go to church is the same. "Just get me out of the dorm and away from the MTI for two hours!" So we all united under the banner of "get out of there" on Sunday mornings. God blessed me with this verse in one of the first devotional times I had at basic. I claimed it many times but mostly for the out of context reason of getting out. David on the other hand had an amazing reason to "be glad." Spurgeon talks about it in his commentary on the Psalms, and I love how he says it.

Good children are pleased to go home, and glad to hear their brothers and sisters call them thither. David's heart was in the worship of God, and he was delighted when he found others inviting him to go where his desires had already gone: it helps the ardour of the most ardent to hear others inviting them to a holy duty.

I can only hope one day to be able to write like that. How many of us though actually are glad when you hear others say "lets go to church." I know for me I have not taken joy in that some mornings "well let me pound down my coffee and my bagel with cream cheese, If only God wouldn't want us to worship Him in the mornings then I could get more sleep and not have to wear this stupid tie, oh great the dog just brushed up against my leg so I have to get all that hair off now." How close does that compare to how you think on Sundays, is there great joy in your heart. King David was crazy exited to go worship, and to go with others made him glad. If we were more like that imagine how different "church going" would be...

Striving to be more like Christ
Scott