The Blessings of Gathering

Some say that they can worship by themselves on the golf course, at the beach, in the woods, or the mountains. Indeed you can. But surely we who believe will want to gather regularly for corporate worship. As the writer of Hebrews says, “And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near” (Hebrews 10:25). You cannot encourage me and others if you are absent from worship. And that is part of the blessing of corporate worship: the mutual conversation and consolation of brothers and sisters in Christ. Gathering together is a command of God, a privilege and a blessing. We should do it to honor God and to bless our fellow brothers and sisters in Christ.