The Most Public and the Most Private

It is good to worship God in secret, where no one can see us except the Lord. In fact, the most effective secret worship is the most secret of secret worship, those times when we are truly alone with the Lord. But it is also good and necessary to worship God in public, for God has things to accomplish in our worship that can only be completed when we worship with other believers. Matthew Henry says it well: “As secret worship is better the more secret it is, so public worship is better the