Food for thought

1 Corinthians 11:24-25 "and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, 'Take eat; this is My body which is broken for you; do this in remembrance of Me.' In the same manner He also took the cup after supper, saying, 'This cup is the new covenant in My blood. This do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.'"

In this blog, we are going to use the communion elements as food for thought. What do I mean? Well, have you ever thought, "Why did God use two elements for communion (bread and wine)?" I thought He could have easily chosen one element to summarize everything...I mean He's God, He can do anything, right? So then I thought, "Why did He choose these two elements?"

As I was thinking (something I don't always do...but I try), I thought well the bread represents the body. What does the body mean? Well, the body is something that is temporal. What does that tell us? It tells us that Jesus gave His body to be beaten and hung on the cross, but have you ever thought about His whole life? His body was the shell He was in while on earth and for His sacrifice to be perfect, He, in that body, had to be perfect. Christians, Jesus didn't just die for you, but He lived everyday of His life for you! He had to, His sacrifice had to be perfect. That means that every time He was tempted, He didn't sin because He thought of you and you were worth it to Him! If He lived everyday for you, what are you doing in return for Him?

His body represented the temporal, so what did His blood represent? Without His blood, you and I could not enter into an eternal relationship with Him. So His blood represents the eternal! Jesus loved us enough, that He lived everyday for us and at the end of His earthly life, He died for us so we could enter into eternity!

I encourage you to remember and dwell upon His sacrifice for you. Not only will it cause you to be very humble, but it will emphasize the grace that God has given to us. Don't forget, the point of communion is to remember!