Remembering our Lord of anticipation - Ruminating in the Word of God.

The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing,
majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of
him and what came to my mind and heart in Luke 22:19,

"This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me."

At the last supper the Lord instructed his disciples to engage in an
act of remembrance of him. As startling as it seems we would need such
reminding, he knows us all too well. I know I need to be drawn back to
my Savior... and often. It seems I can go all day at times without
giving the Lord I love so much a passing thought, only later to marvel
at my own simple-mindedness.

I am reminded when we celebrate communion, the Eucharist, we all share
together in the one loaf, the Bread of Life. He who gave his body as
payment for my sins is who I partake of as one of his children. All
who have embraced him in faith do. It is from this standpoint that
Paul can say, "Just as each of us has one body with many members, and
these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we who
are many form one body, and each member belongs to all the others."
Through partaking, in a spiritual sense, of the body of Christ, we all
become one. This is part of the celebration of the Eucharist,
acknowledging I have taken of the body of Christ he has given for us
all.

When ever I am asked how often believers should celebrate communion,
my answer is we should do it as often as we feel it important to
remember him. I count it a privilege to participate in this
remembrance and I am fond of recalling he said, "I tell you I will not
drink again of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes."
Verse 18. It provides a connection for me. He is holding back
something for himself until we can all participate in it together. It
provides me with the notion he is anticipating the day the final
fulfillment of his sacrifice for us arrives: our gathering to him in
the kingdom in celebration! For me, it is just a wonderful thought.
How about you?

Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share
your thoughts of worship from your Bible reading today. I'd love to
hear from you!

Trevor Fisk
trevor.fisk@gmail.com