The Communion of the Saints

When you go to church today, remember ...

You have not come to what may be touched, a blazing fire and darkness and gloom and a tempest and the sound of a trumpet and a voice whose words made the hearers beg that no further messages be spoken to them. For they could not endure the order that was given, "If even a beast touches the mountain, it shall be stoned." Indeed, so terrifying was the sight that Moses said, "I tremble with fear." But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable angels in festal gathering, and to the assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect, and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel (Heb. 12:18-24).

You have come to the city of the living God. You are among innumerable angels. You are joining with the rest of the saints -- the spirits of the righteous made perfect. You are going to be in the presence of Jesus. I cannot imagine how anyone could think for a moment, "Church is boring. There's nothing relevant going on here. I wish they'd make it more interesting." Enjoy this day of the Lord.