Always Open

Yesterday I visited a church whose publicly scheduled worship time was 1:30 p.m.; however, when I arrived the doors were locked. The worship time listed on the door was 2:00 p.m., so I went shopping for 30 minutes and returned. Still the doors were locked, but it just so happened that members of the church dropped by at the same time and explained that they no longer have afternoon services. I suppose it was no big deal from the church leadership’s position, but from a visitor’s point of view the lackadaisical attitude spoke volumes. John reported on the schedule for the New Jerusalem, “I did not see a temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and the Lamb is its lamp. The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their splendor into it. On no day will its gates ever be shut, for there will be no night there” (Rev 21:22-25 NIV).