In the Midst
“The Lord is there” (Ezekiel 48:35).
“For where two or three are gathered together in My name, there am I in the midst of them”
(Matthew 18:20).
What a precious promise the Lord has given to His own that when they are gathered in His name, He will be there in their midst! This was the call and the joy of the early believers as they met in simplicity to remember the Lord Jesus in His appointed way, such as we have in the incident recorded in Scripture when Paul visited the city of Troas. We read, “upon the first day of the week…the disciples came together to break bread” (Acts 20:7).
What a difference it would make if only we kept reminding ourselves that the Lord is there. Sometimes we lose sight of this glorious fact and we neglect to display that wonder, that respect, and that holy awe that is appropriate to being gathered around the Lord of Glory. There would also be no problem with attendance either if the reality of His presence was impressed upon our hearts. Wouldn’t we want to be there if we really believed that He was there?
