“Years ago when the western U.S. was being settled, roads were often just wagon tracks. These rough trails posed serious problems for those who journeyed on them. On one of these winding paths was posted a sign which read: ‘Avoid this rut or you'll be in it for the next 25 miles!’”(Frank Clark, Register and Tribune Syndicate)
The thing about habits is that we do many of them without thinking and most of them last for years or perhaps even a lifetime. Habits can be good or harmful, but even good habits can change from healthy to monotonous, where they become routine. And before you know it we’ve been doing the same thing for 25 years without much thought or effort. Perhaps what was started for a very good reason has now become dull and repetitive.
Communion can become such a habit for anyone within the church. It can become a natural routine or tradition that takes place, in our case every other month, but there is a deep richness in the purpose and meaning of communion for us as the Church. The words of Christ at the last supper with his disciples are a testament and covenant to us as his Church. Communion is less an individual act as it is a communal, corporate act encouraging and portraying the unity of the body of Christ.
May the Words of God this week in 1 Corinthians 11 speak to us as his Church as we dig deeply into the meaning and purpose of communion. Be prayerfully prepared as the Spirit speaks to each of us through his Truth.
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