Glad to Go?

1122 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.
5 There thrones for judgment were set,
    the thrones of the house of David.

6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem!
    “May they be secure who love you!
7 Peace be within your walls and security within your 
    towers!”
8 For my brothers and companions' sake
    I will say, “Peace be within you!”
9 For the sake of the house of the Lord our God,
    I will seek your good.

David was glad to go worship at the temple. For some time, when he had been on the run, he was not able to be involved in corporate worship with God's people.  He longed for it. But he was not a selfish worshipper. His prayer was that the House of the LORD would always be there for his brothers and companions.  David got it. Worship is not just about me. It is about what God does among His peoeple when we gather together.  It is about the Peace that rules and reigns in God's presence together - a peace that draws us back into His presence over and over again. If you do not feel that way about going to be with God's people today, maybe you are going with the wrong attitude - Go expecting God to do something not just for you, but for us.  Then you will see what he is doing for you, too.