The Lord's Day is specifically instituted for our attendance on
servants are never off duty. All the days of our appointed time—the time of our labour and spiritual warfare here on earth—we must be waiting on God (Job 14:14), and we should neither desire nor expect to be released from this service until we reach heaven. There, like the angels, we will wait on God more closely and continuously.
We must wait on God every day.
1. Both on Sabbath days and weekdays. The Lord's Day is specifically instituted for our attendance on God in the courts of His house. On that day, we must wait on Him, giving glory to His name and receiving both His commands and blessings. Ministers must wait on their ministry (or ministry, Romans 12:7), and congregants must wait on it as well, saying, as Cornelius did for himself and his friends: Now therefore are we all here present before God, to hear all things that are commanded thee of God (Acts 10:33). It honours God to help fill the assemblies of those gathered before His throne and to increase their number.
The entirety of the Sabbath, except for time spent on works of necessity and mercy, must be devoted to waiting on God. As spiritual priests, Christians are called to this task, and it is their privilege to attend upon God in His house at the appointed time.
But this is not sufficient. We must also wait upon God on weekdays because every day we need mercy from Him, and every day we have work to do for Him. Our attendance upon Him in public ordinances on the first day of the week is intended to fix our focus and prepare us for communion with Him throughout the rest of the week. We fail to fulfil the purpose of the Sabbath if its impressions do not stay with us and influence us during the week. These impressions should