Communion Is So Much More

How often have we been expected, upon receiving the bread and grape beverage, to close our eyes and meditate somberly upon the painful process of death through which Jesus Christ went because of His love for each one of us? How hard does the pastor or administering speaker have to work to inspire an emotional response in the participating audience? I wonder if this is one of the big reasons why many churches do not practice communion more frequently. Imagine if you had to think of something new to say every week in order to help people understand the significance of eating a piece of bread, explaining it to be Christ's body, and of drinking a shot-glass full of grape juice or wine, representing Christ's blood.

I remember a story that Ravi Zacharias told of a minister explaining to him that the reason they didn't practice a particular event (such as communion) more frequently in church was because they didn't want people to lose the sacredness of it or to treat it too lightly. To which Ravi aptly responded, "Do you take the same approach toward collecting the offering?"

If you had to come up with a communion exhortation every week and if you're pretty sure that you would find it challenging to come up with something new after about the third week, then check these out. There are well over four hundred exhortations from the pen and lips of Pastor Wilson regarding "The Lord's Table." Perhaps if you do ever have to come up with something new, you can just steal one from there.