The Lord’s Day
“I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day” (Revelation 1:10).
“Upon the first day of the week…the disciples came together to break bread” (Acts 20:7).
In many countries I have traveled in, Sunday, or “the Lord’s Day,” as John refers to it in the above verse, is not a day off from work or school. Christians have to meet for worship, Bible study, and fellowship, in the evening or even late at night, after their daily obligations are done.
For those of us who live in so-called Christian countries, where the first day of the week is still (at least to some degree) honored, it should make us very thankful, and we should try to use the day for the Lord. It is HIS day, not ours!
After we have had the privilege of meeting with other believers to remember the Lord in the breaking of bread, there is much that can be done for the furtherance of the gospel and the encouragement of other believers. Sunday School, tract distribution, visiting the sick, and so on. We can also use the time for personal study of the Word and prayer, which time we don’t always get during the busy week.
