Preparing for corporate worship

“For You, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive, and abundant in lovingkindness to all who call upon You” (Ps. 86:5). This is the God we – as His own -- will gather to worship this Sunday. David says He is “good.” That means everything – everything – He does is good. He is perfect in this attribute and all others He possesses – all at the same time. He is “ready to forgive,” David writes. He does not grudgingly forgive. Forgiveness is not something He has to be coaxed into or prodded to present. One reason we know this is because He has gone to supreme lengths to provide forgiveness: He sent His own perfect Son and gave Him into the hands of sinful men to provide the way of forgiveness. David says He is “abundant in lovingkindness to all who call upon” Him. God’s mercy overflows. It is not like a trickle. It is like a flood. He pours out this undeserved favor upon all who trust in Him for it. These are just a few of the truths that will inform our worship as we gather once again as His church. May we respond to Him with the praise, adoration, thanksgiving, humility, submission, trust and love due Him.