“…the Lord will watch over your coming and going
both now and forevermore.” (Psalm 121:8)
A life of faith is two postures lived at once: coming and going.
The first posture mentioned in verse 8 is of coming to God. We come to God to worship and we come to God to be filled. We come to God because He is the source of all things, the giver of every good gift, the all in all.
We come to God, even in our exhaustion, because there is no better place to be than with Him.
Fortunately, we don’t have to go far. God is with us.
When the Israelites first started singing the Psalm on the way to worship God at the temple, God was also with them. But, because Jesus hadn’t come yet, there were all sorts of things they did that symbolized how sin kept them from freely being with God. Journeying to the temple three times a year, for example, was an expression of needing to come and offer sacrifices in order to be near God because sin stood in the way.
But notice that God helped them even in their coming to Him. He watched over them as they drew near.
Since Jesus has come, and He is “the way,” we come to God through Him. We can “with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in our time of need” (Hebrews 4:16).
God has always watched over the coming of His people, and He will help us even in making a way for us. We don’t have to clear things out of the way, clean up our mess, or muster up enough energy. All we need is to utter in our hearts “help.” God will bring us to Himself. The One we come to in worship is the One who enables us to worship.
What feels like an obstacle keeping you from worship? Will you bring even that to God today?
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