John 2:13-22

Person A never attends worship. He can’t see the point. Person B attends every week out of a slavish sense of obligation. She’s there, but her mind wanders off during the services because she views the activities of worship merely as required tasks for her to complete. Who is worse off? Rather than debating the point, maybe we can just admit that neither person A nor B really understand the true worth of worship. Unfortunately, that’s exactly what Satan wants.

Many people think worship is about what we do for God, but that’s only partly true. The truth is that whatever we offer God in our worship absolutely pales in comparison to what he offers us! As we gather around his Word and sacrament, the Spirit moves us to love and trust in God above all things. Moved by the cross of Christ, we bow down before him and commune with him. That’s exactly what God wants.