Preparing for corporate worship

We will have the stunning privilege May 6 of gathering again on the first day of the week as the people of God to worship Him. He has created us -- and re-created us -- to worship Him, has made it possible for us to worship Him and has called us to worship Him. As those made into true worshipers by God's sovereign grace and Christ's perfectly sufficient work, we have no greater calling or responsibility than to worship the triune God in spirit and in truth. We are able to do this privately and in small groups throughout the week, but Sunday offers us the opportunity to do it as one body united by the gospel of Jesus. May we approach this special time focused on God's greatness and grace, exalting our Savior and exulting in His salvation. May our worship be as that of the apostle Paul, who declared to Timothy upon recalling God's mercy toward him: "Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen" (I Tim. 1:17).