"Come, let us worship and bow down;
Let us kneel before the Lord our Maker.
For He is our God..." Psalm 95:6-7

Here is the Psalmist encouraging God's people to come to worship our God and
King. There are many verses in Scripture encouraging us to come for many
reasons, but have you ever looked at God's "comes"? Let's take time to do so
and to ponder the glories of them. They start right in Genesis and end in
Revelation; God's word is to:

Come to a place of safety:
There is His word to Noah,
"Then the Lord said to Noah, 'Enter the ark, you and all your household; for
you alone I have seen to be righteous before Me in this time." Genesis 7:1

Today, Jesus is our place of safety:
"I am the door; if anyone enters through Me, he shall be saved..." John10:9

Come to a goodly fellowship:
Here Moses is inviting his father-in-law to join in their journey:
"'...We are setting out to the place of which the Lord said, 'I will give it
to you'; come with us and we will do you good, for the Lord has promised
good concerning Israel.'" Numbers 10:29

Of Believers we see in 1 John 1:3,
"What we have seen and heard we proclaim to you also, that you also may have
fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father, and with
His Son Jesus Christ."

Come for personal cleansing:
"'Come now, and let us reason together,'
Says the Lord,
'Though your sins are as scarlet,
They will be as white as snow;
Though they are red like crimson,
They will be like wool.'" Isaiah 1:18

For Believers:
"And since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near
with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled
clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water."
Hebrews 10:21-22

And in 1 John 1:9 there is this personal assurance:
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins
and cleanse us from all unrighteousness."

Come for a satisfying portion:
"Ho! Every one who thirsts, come to the waters;
And you who have not money come, buy and eat.
Come, buy wine and milk
Without money and without cost." Isaiah 55:1

We have the words of Jesus in John 4:13-14,
"Jesus answered and said to her, 'Everyone who drinks of this water shall
thirst again; BUT (my emphasis) whoever drinks of the water that I shall
give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall
become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life."

There are more of His 'comes' that I will share next time. Let us rejoice
in these invitations and enter into all that God so graciously offers to
all!

Now, as the Psalmist invites,
"O come, let us sing for joy to the Lord;
Let us shout joyfully to the rock of our salvation,
Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving;
Let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms.
For the Lord is a great God..." Psalm 95:1-3
Hallelujah!