Forget-Me-Not's

"And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me." Luke 19:19

The Lord's Supper should mean much to my soul. It ought to be the keepsake of my heart. We sometimes give our loved ones a memento, a forget-me-not, and say, "Remember me while I'm away." So, my Savior gives me this feast to keep.

"Do this," He says, "in remembrance of me."

We often have it backward, don't we? Unwittingly, we think it is all about us: our unworthiness, our sinfulness, our  lack of faith. On the weekdays, with their work and worry, a hundred distractions hide my dying yet living Friend from view. But when the white cloth is spread, and the table is set, I see afresh, the Lord Who is all my boast. It is not about me, but Him. Him I see, and none beside. And it ought to be the focus of my heart. As often as I eat this bread and drink this cup, “ in remembrance of Him,” I proclaim the Lord's death. But not until then. A death so solitary and shameful, yet so public and saving to my soul. I confess in doing this, that He is my vicarious and victorious ransom, my refuge and my rest. So, I will remember His forget-me-not. 

By partaking and remembering Him, I shine a blazing light on the cross that hung, and the grave that housed, the One delivered for my offenses and raised for my justification. Then let me behold His blessed body bruised and broken. Let me dive into the fountain filled with blood drawn from Emanuel's veins. (Zech. 13;1) In doing this, He will lean His strength into my embrace. He will rekindle my shrinking faith and decaying love. In remembering Him, I eat and drink; I lift my head and look for that Great Day when I will drink better wine and dine on better bread at the marriage supper of the Lamb. In the meantime, will I forget His forget-me-not? No, I will "Do this, in remembrance of Him." 

 A worldly haze so often dims and blurs my expectation. Clouds of sin hide Emanuel's Land from my view. And so, I thank God for the feast that foretells those things He is preparing for them who love Him. Now, may I not only eat the bread with the Lord, but eat the Lord with the bread.