“I rejoiced with those who said to me, “Let’s go to the house of the Lord.” (v. 1)

You get to choose what you celebrate, and you get to choose who you celebrate with.

So why not celebrate with those who are walking with you, with those who share your passion, with those who are orienting their lives rightly?

Why not celebrate with the worshiping people?

It’s easy for friends—even church friends—to prioritize other Sunday things. It’s easy to share excitement for outside opportunities—and count church as the chore in the way. It’s easy to let your joy drift toward other things.

But the biblical pattern—indeed, the faithful and rightly religious pattern, in Christ—is to rejoice with the worshiping people. We are called out and called together for this, that we might worship the Lord as His church. The joy the is in the House of the Lord will increase when His people gather rejoicing.

So let’s get this right. Rejoice all the way into and through church.

Party on, party people.

— Tyler