“9 Then the Lord spoke to Moses: 10 Tell the Israelites: When any one of you or your descendants is unclean because of a corpse or is on a distant journey, he may still observe the Passover to the Lord. 11 Such people are to observe it in the second month, on the fourteenth day at twilight. They are to eat the animal with unleavened bread and bitter herbs; 12 they may not leave any of it until morning or break any of its bones. They must observe the Passover according to all its statutes.
13 But the man who is ceremonially clean, is not on a journey, and yet fails to observe the Passover is to be cut off from his people, because he did not present the Lords offering at its appointed time. That man will bear the consequences of his sin.”
Numbers 9:9-14
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There are several components that go into our worship that are essential and should not be neglected. Worship is an act of service to our Great God, and seeing that we were created to be creatures of worship it should be our top priority in life. And while we can worship God in so many ways, our worship of Him with our community, our corporate worship, is not to be neglected, pushed aside or replaced for or with anything else.
These men in Numbers 9 recognized that and didn’t want to be left out of something so special to the community and vital to their identity. They were ceremonially unclean, not by choice, but out of necessity, because they had just buried someone close to them. But they knew and respected the Law of God that said that His worship must be pure and perfect.
And so they came to Moses with their quandary, seeking how they might honor God properly and still be a part of the community, and The Lord responded to the desires of their hearts.
As Christians, we should seek to honor God in this same way, not making excuses or only attending church if we don’t have something ‘better’ to do, not honoring self and worshipping sleep, because ‘it’s so hard to get up and be ready on Sundays.’
That attitude is simply an indicator that God’s priorities are not your priorities and that He is not one either.

God is to be honored first. We worship Him in spirit and in truth, and we set Him as our first priority over all else. If we are going to truly walk with Christ, following His commission and command to GoLove, then we must keep that priority straight and give Him the pure worship of our lives.