Worship

One Sunday morning the congregation of the English preacher John Flavel was waiting for him to come from his study in the church in order to lead the morning worship service. They waited five minutes and then ten minutes; finally, after fifteen minutes, one of the elders went back to Flavel's study to get him for worship. As the elder neared the study door he overheard Flavel talking and pleading with someone. And as he listened at the door, he heard Flavel say, "I am not going into the pulpit without you"; and he heard Flavel say it over and over again, "I am not going into the pulpit without you." When Flavel emerged from the study, he came out alone. But did he really come out alone?

This is an example of how we all ought to come to worship. We come to seek God and his presence. Let us have Immanuel (= "God is with us") worship!