Songs of Renewal #18

PSALM 122:

1 I was glad when they said to me,
    “Let us go to the house of the Lord!”
2 Our feet have been standing
    within your gates, O Jerusalem!
3 Jerusalem—built as a city
    that is bound firmly together,
4 to which the tribes go up,
    the tribes of the Lord,
as was decreed for Israel,
    to give thanks to the name of the Lord.

This psalm is ascribed to David, and we know how he felt about going to "The House of the Lord".  For many years he was on the run for his life, unable to be in the assembly of God's people. So when he did become king, and had the tabernacle brought to Jerusalem, it was a highlight of His life - to be with God's people assembled together to give thanks to God. It wasn't the building, because the temple was not built yet. It was the gathering, the thanksgiving, the celebrating with the people of God. Songs of renewal come more naturally, and supernaturally, when we gather with God's people in worship. Don't fly solo; be with God's people.