Listen

I offer praise in the great congregation because of you; I will fulfill my promises in the presence of those who honor God. Let all those who are suffering eat and be full! Let all who seek the Lord praise him! I pray your hearts live forever! Every part of the earth will remember and come back to the Lord; every family among all the nations will worship you.

Psalm 22:25-27

Think

The psalms speak often about worship. Some descriptions of worship are in the present tense. But this psalm speaks about the future – and how it will look when we will all be worshiping God together!

The Psalmist writes that “every family among all the nations will worship you.”

In the past year and a half, for most of us, worship has looked different than we’d ever experienced before. We’ve live-streamed, worshiped in smaller numbers, and worshiped in face masks. I’m not sure what future worship will look like two years from now or twenty years from now.

But I find assurance that as differently as we all worship each week, as differently as we all believe or practice beliefs, as different as we all inherently are at our core – what will draw us together is our common love for the Lord. We may not be there today, but the psalmist seems hopeful for what the future may look like in the presence of our loving God. It’s something to be excited for!

Molly Shoulta Tucker

Pray

Loving God, thank you for your depth of creativity expressed throughout the world’s people and places. Draw us closer to each other, reminding us we are equally loved by you. Amen.

Go

O love of God, how rich and pure!
How measureless and strong!
It shall forevermore endure —
The saints’ and angels’ song!

from “The Love of God” by Frederick Martin Lehman (1917)