It would be worth getting to worship this week…, if only to hear the invocation.
How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord Almighty! My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
Psalm 84:1-2
“In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.” That’s the way our worship starts, and that’s the way your life in Christ began. That’s because: when you first heard the words of the invocation, it was probably at your baptism.
On the day of your baptism: your Father adopted you into His family. On that day: Christ Jesus reached inside your soul and washed your sin away. On the day of your baptism: the Holy Spirit filled your spirit with his presence, his pardon, and his power. Every time you hear the invocation, it’s occasion for you to remember with gratitude that most important day of your life.
If only to hear those important words once more — “in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit” — it’s worth getting to worship this week! And worship always offers so much more than that besides….