THE LORD'S SUPPER

I Was Just Thinking About – THE LORD’S SUPPER.

A Devotional Reflection – I Corinthians 6:20 – “For you have been bought with a price: therefore GLORIFY GOD in your body.”

In preparing for a Communion Service this coming Lord’s Day, today’s devotional in Get More Strength For The Journey by Joseph Stowell shared the following thoughts that ministered to my heart…

“Think of how wonderful it would be if someone in your world were to see a God sighting by watching your life. Think of it: Each day we have a chance to give someone a God sighting as the attitudes and character of Jesus are seen through us. And, in fact, providing God sightings is God’s intended purpose for our lives, so that all can finally believe that Jesus really lives.”

“In our text, we are told that Jesus paid a great price so that we might live to glorify Him. God’s glory is the manifest expression of all that He is in His all-surpassing, praiseworthy, stunning perfection! And glorifying Him is quite simply showing off the reality of His glorious character in all of our actions, encounters, and attitudes. It’s making the invisible God visible. And He has chosen to make His love, mercy, grace, justice, righteousness, holiness, and every other aspect of His stunning character visible through you and me!”

“So when was the last time you stunned your world by loving someone who is unlovable? By forgiving a deep offense? By choosing integrity over compromise? By serving others instead of serving yourself? By reaching out to the poor and oppressed? By extending grace to an undeserving soul?

What a privilege—we have been saved to provide a few God sightings in our world. Thank God, our King and Savior lives!”

A special friend on Facebook, wrote:

“Any ideas, whether old or new, cannot advance by one who suffers from amnesia; part of the past is needed in the present if it is to reach the future. Ideas need clarity to become positively contagious in order to affect others that can help carry them on! S.L.”

To which, I Responded:

Sometimes – it depends on what one’s past included. Sometimes – there are scars borne by those who were told they were unwanted and would never amount to anything – those who seldom heard the words that emulate the Savior’s love, mercy and grace! That’s a reason why some love the verses in Scripture that begin with – “But God…”

Prayerfully – prepare your heart and life to be all of what Jesus wants and intends for it to be. And – Prayerfully – Consider these things with me!