It’s Good To Be Home

By Bobby Baker in Joy, thoughts on May 6, 2020

The past month has been really hard. What with social distancing and quarantine. What has hit me the hardest has been not being able to meet together for worship at the Chapel.  I’ve seen several posts on social media reminding us that we don’t need to meet together in a building to worship but I strongly disagree with that statement. We do need to be together.

There’s a reason the Word of God commands us to not forsake the assembling of ourselves together (Hebrews 10:24-25). Here the writer of Hebrews admonishes us to stir one another up to love and good works. How? By not neglecting to meet together. Throughout the Old Testament the Isrealites were commanded to come together to worship. Israel was commanded to gather together for the hearing of God’s Word (Deuteronomy 31:12-13). In Acts 2:46 note the words: “And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts,” Acts 20:7 “On the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul talked with them, intending to depart on the next day, and he prolonged his speech until midnight.” 1Corinthians 5:4 “When you are assembled in the name of the Lord Jesus and my spirit is present, with the power of our Lord Jesus,”.

The point I’m attempting to make is this: As a pastor I love my congregation. As a believer in Christ I love my fellow believers. I love being with them, hearing God’s Word together, praying together, singing together, laughing together. I love hugs and handshakes! But it’s more than just my wanting to be with my fellow Christians, we need each other. We need to meet and be together for encouragement.

So, this past Sunday was like a huge breath of fresh air. We had a full church and I left the Chapel that day truly refreshed in my spirit. We shared the Word together, we hugged and shook hands, we sang. We worshipped together!  In other words, we did what we are supposed to be doing and we were doing it together.

In Christ’s love,

Pastor Bobby