March 25

Psalm 50:5
“Gather My saints together unto Me; those that have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice”— Psalms 50:55Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice. (Psalm 50:5).
GOD would ever have His people gathered to and about Himself. In Genesis 49:10,10The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be. (Genesis 49:10) where Christ is seen prophetically as Shiloh in whom is peace, we read, “Unto Him shall the gathering of the people be.” When Israel thirsted in the wilderness God commanded, “Gather the people together, and I will give them water” (Num. 21:1616And from thence they went to Beer: that is the well whereof the Lord spake unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water. (Numbers 21:16)). In the new age just dawning, the Lord Jesus declared, “Where two or three are gathered together in My name, there am I in the midst of them” (Matt. 18:2020For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them. (Matthew 18:20)). In view of His glorious return Paul writes of the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and “our gathering together unto Him” (2 Thess. 2:11Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, (2 Thessalonians 2:1)).
As His people give Him His rightful place in the midst, their hearts are drawn out in worship and praise, while they contemplate the sacrifice of the cross.
“Gathered in Thy name, Lord Jesus,
Losing sight of all but Thee;
Oh, what joy Thy presence gives us,
By Thy grace and truth set free.
Yet with reverence we would linger
In the shadow of Thy cross,
Which has closed our hearts forever
To the world and all its dross.”