The Earthly Place of Worship

This past week has been for me much like all the other weeks of my life: I have experienced many failures in spiritual matters; I have ventured too far into the world, been too little involved with eternal things, read God's word and prayed too little, found myself doubting God's grace and trusting myself. How glad I am, then, that today, I can come to this place and meet with God's people whose experiences are similar to mine. Among the saints, I find it easier to think on things above, easier to pursue matters of eternal life, easier to express the fruit of the Spirit, easier to believe "Christ is all," easier to read and pray. The reason for this is clear, "Where two or three are gathered together in My Name, there am I in the midst of them" (Matthew 18:20). Let others say they can worship as well in nature as in church. Maybe in their churches this is so: but not in the churches where Christ meets with His people. I have experienced wonderful times of worship alone with God, but I must confess that the large majority of my experiences of worship have occurred in assembly with the saints of God meeting in the name of Christ! What a privilege to be here today!