Only ONE

Matthew 4:19 Then He said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.”

Your president is going to fail you.
Your pastor is going to fail you.
Your boss is going to fail you.
Your spouse is going to fail you.
Your kiddos are going to fail you.
Your parents are going to fail you.
Your teachers, idols, friends, co-workers…..everybody is going to fail you.
Expect and accept it.
Beware and prepare for it, most likely it is when you need it most.
Prepare for things that are dear to you, to pass by easily to them.
Prepare for things that stir your soul, to barely cause a ripple in theirs.
Human nature…….is sin filled….and sin disappoints.
Jesus is perfected, holy, sinless and he never disappoints, never changes, never fails.

Hebrews 13:5 Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” 6 So we may boldly say: “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear. What can man do to me?”

Yesterday I was crushed as my pastor and my deacon brothers tried something new in observance of the Lord’s Supper. In the short time I pastored a church, leading communion I think four times, there is nothing that I held more sacred than the observance of that ritual that symbolizes everything that Christ did for us; to quote from the Bible as Jesus spoke to his disciples that night, carries an incredible weight on every pastors shoulders. I had served communion many times as a deacon, but until I felt that weight, I never truly understood. I did my best to convey the depth of it each time, and how we are to come to the alter clean, or not come to the alter at all. This is literally the only religious ritual that I hold dear.

The only way you will ever feel the weight of the Lord’s Supper is for God to place it on your heart. The only way he will, is for you to seek him in prayer or his Word, or if by divine design his plans include opening you up to that glimpse of understanding of his condescending love for you……unto death. Jesus created you, sustains you, and died for you, all so that you may spend eternity with him; he paid the ultimate price, a price you cannot pay, so that you may be in the presence for eternity with a holy God. It boggles the mind the depth of love he has for you and me, even as the sinners we are. Romans 5:8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. We are all going to fail each other every day, even when we are trying to do good and maybe different things, we will disappoint somebody. It doesn’t mean we don’t love them, or even don’t love Jesus, it just means we can’t get all of life right. Only one guy did……..and we call him Jesus.