“Tomorrow is the Lord’s Day. What a blessing it is each week for the Lord’s Day to finally come. Sometimes we come to the Lord’s Day weary. Sometimes we come feeling great. But every week we come, we come knowing our God will meet us there. We want to be fresh and energetic and well-prepared for every Sunday—it is good for us to be so—but in some ways the weeks when we are the most worn out may be those that speak most clearly to us of our condition and need as we assemble for worship. Weekly worship has been historically known as The Divine Service, because it is God’s service to us, preeminently, and not our service to him. We gather not because we have energy and gifts to bring but because we need the strength and grace he brings to us.

We come weary, but the Lord brings his fullness. We come sinful, but he comes to cleanse us. We come worried, and he comes to comfort. We come haughty, and he comes to humble us. We come discouraged, and he comes to build us up.

Whatever your week has been like, wherever you are coming from on Sunday, remember that the Lord knows your needs better than you do. He knows your weakness. He knows your emptiness apart from his grace. And he is ready, willing, and eager to meet you in worship and to minister to you there. Come to the means of grace. Come to the ministry of the Word. Come to the Table. Come and welcome to Jesus Christ.”

– Pastor Joel Ellis