Today’s Devotional: “Where Will You Be Sunday?”

In our Western culture, Sunday is no longer considered a day for church; instead, it is a day of rest and recreation.

Church isn’t even a blip on people’s radar. Barbecues and football are what’s on most people’s minds, even among those who call themselves Christians.

Throughout God’s word, however, we’re encouraged to seek out other believers to worship, praise, and magnify our Lord, and to study to learn more about His greatness.

The psalmist makes this clear. “Praise the Lord! I will praise the Lord with my whole heart, in the assembly of the upright and in the congregation. The works of the Lord are great, studied by all who have pleasure in them” (Psalm 111:1-2).

The psalmist says he goes to church with all the other believers. There he worships God with every fiber of his being and learns all he can about the Lord.

Unfortunately, this same testimony is missing among God’s people today. Many want to worship the Lord from the comfort of their homes, in front of a television or computer.

One man left a church service saying, “This just doesn’t do it for me. I just like watching so-and-so on TV.”

Others say they like to worship the Lord in the great outdoors. But the truth is they are worshiping their recreational time, and the Lord gets barely a nod, if any.

God commands our coming together, especially given what we are facing in a world that is hostile toward Christians, and the situation is getting worse every day. We need one another now more than ever.

This is why the writer of Hebrews says, “And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.” (Hebrews 10:24-25)

So, where will you be this Sunday?