Charles Spurgeon Commentary Zechariah 8:20-21

"Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: [It shall] yet [come to pass], that there shall come peoples, and the inhabitants of many cities; and the inhabitants of one [city] shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to entreat the favor of Jehovah, and to seek Jehovah of hosts: I will go also." — Zechariah 8:20-21 (ASV)

Thus saith the LORD of hosts; It shall yet come to pass, that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities: and the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to pray before the LORD, and to seek the LORD of hosts: I will go also.

You see that, in the latter days, there is to be a great spirit of prayer and of seeking the Lord. This will include the hearing of the Word, and the love of the truth; and one good sign is that the people will say, Let us go speedily. They will not come in late, as so many do nowadays, just getting into their seats when the Scripture is being read, instead of being present at the opening prayer. I am sorry to say that some of you are getting later and later; and some morning, I shall most certainly carry out my threat, and preach the sermon first, unless you are more punctual. A little more thought, and an earlier start, and you might all be at God's house in time.

David longed to be a doorkeeper in the Lord's house, and you know that the doorkeeper is always the first in and the last out. May you all have more of David's spirit, though you cannot all be doorkeepers! These people are to say, Let us go speedily (the marginal reading is 'continually') to pray before the Lord, and to seek the Lord of hosts: I will go also. That is the best way of bringing others to God's house—to say, I will go also. I have read that Julius Caesar never said to his soldiers, "Go," but "Let us go." So should we seek to get others to God's house by saying to them, Let us go; ... I will go also.

Thus saith the LORD of hosts; It shall yet come to pass, that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities: And the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to pray before the LORD, and to seek the LORD of hosts: I will go also.

It is a fine thing when we invite other people and can always say, "I will go also." There are many people who say, "Do as I do, not as I say"; but if our example keeps pace with our precept, there will be power in our precept. "Let us go," said they; and he who said it added, "I will go also."