Have you ever thought of this simply stunning statement by God as a reason why we are to gather together in corporate worship?
It is not good that the man should be alone. (Genesis 2:18)
What’s so incredible about this is that God said it before the fall,
when Adam’s heart was undimmed by the dark night of sin and he enjoyed
unbroken fellowship with his Creator.
What was not good about Adam’s experience? He had unimpeded communion
with God. He had no God-shaped hole in his heart. Wouldn’t this have
been truer for Adam than Asaph: “there is nothing on earth that I desire
besides you” (Psalm 73:25)? Wouldn’t this have been truer for Adam than
Chris Tomlin: “All of you is more than enough for all of me”?
Was God not enough for Adam?
I think we often simply assume that Adam’s being alone was not good
for Adam. By God’s design, that was certainly true. But that wasn’t the
only or ultimate thing that was true. Adam’s being alone wasn’t good for
God. The ultimate point was not that all of God wasn’t enough for all
of Adam. It was that all of Adam wasn’t enough for all of God. One human
would not enjoy God as much as many humans together. Continue at Jon Bloom
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