Does God want to go to church with you?

Psalm 78:60 He abandoned the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent he had set up among men. 61 He sent [the ark of] his might into captivity, his splendor into the hands of the enemy

Psalm 78 recounts the relationship with God and His people. The blessings and difficulties of His putting up with a people for His own posession. In the new covenant we enjoy His abiding presence, but still, must remember that we can encourage the presence of the Lord in peace and unity or we can grieve the Spirit of God, by our behavior and shamefulness.
I often think about going to church to meet with God, but, this morning I saw the gathering of God's people as the place where God goes to meet us. Are we there to meet Him, in truth? Does He want to be there with us? God cannot enter into a lie or the congregation of those who are consistent and unrepentant in their sins. God is alone praised and God is, alone the Way, the Truth and the Life. He can be among us in His wrath,or in His love, as we have seen in different eras of the church. Do we want Him here?

Come, Holy Ghost in Love, shine on us from above, Thine own bright ray,

We sing. I imagine that what makes God want to be with us, is our longing for Him. We need Your presence Lord, I imagine makes Him say, they are looking for me to be there. I cannot miss this time with them, I imagine Him saying. Shame on us, if we cannot notice the presence or absence of the Lord among us. The doctrine of the Laodicean era makes people comfortable at the absence of God in their worship. We can go to church and know that if God missed it, it is because we are lukewarm. The fact that people can believe such a thing and still go to church is beyond me.

Come, Holy God and blessed, Our most desired guest...Grant us we pray