Come Home

 Good day, I’m Duane Matz and this is Today’s Living Word.

 

I have made it a practice in my spiritual journey to read a Psalm a day. Lately I have been spending time in the “Psalms of Ascents. (Psalm 120 through Psalm 134.)

 

These are Psalms the people basically sang on their way to church. Today I found myself in Ps 132, in particular verses 13 through 16. As we think on these verses today, I pray it will be your experience at the church you attend this weekend!

 

Ps 132:13 For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His dwelling place:  14 "This is My resting place forever; Here I will dwell, for I have desired it.

 15 I will abundantly bless her provision; I will satisfy her poor with bread.

 16 I will also clothe her priests with salvation, And her saints shall shout aloud for joy.

When I see the word Zion, I think church….the body of Christ. In this Psalm we see that God has chosen the church for His dwelling place and has abundantly supplied all that is needed for His people.

 

The poor (in spirit, the humble and contrite heart) will be fully satisfied (fed) with bread (the Word of God) The priests (pastors) are clothed with the message of salvation. (The Gospel) where they announce to the poor in spirit that their sins are forgiven by the atoning sacrifice of Jesus Christ!

 

Look what happens when that message is proclaimed in the worship service! “Her saints shout aloud for joy!

 

So why aren’t you in church every week? It seems to me, that this is too good a deal to miss out on. Fed by the Word, absolved of sins, and joyous celebration of that fact! Come home dear sinner! Come home.   

 

 

1	Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling—   Calling for you and for me; Patiently Jesus is waiting and watching—   Watching for you and for me!
	Come home! come home!   Ye who are weary, come home! Earnestly, tenderly, Jesus is calling,     Calling, O sinner, come home!
2	Why should we tarry when Jesus is pleading—   Pleading for you and for me? Why should we linger and heed not His mercies—   Mercies for you and for me?
3	Time is now fleeting, the moments are passing—   Passing from you and from me; Shadows are gathering, death-beds are coming—   Coming for you and for me!
4	Oh, for the wonderful love He has promised—   Promised for you and for me! Though we have sinned, He has mercy and pardon—   Pardon for you and for me!

I’m Duane Matz and that’s Today’s Living Word