We all have different ways to focus during the Lord’s Supper. I believe it is the most important few minutes of my week and I assume that you probably feel the same too. A chance to commune with God…how humbling, how wonderful. The question I pose to you this week is — what do you think about?
I’m sure we all think about different things. I try to remember the sequence of events leading up to the Cross. I try to put myself in the moment — to hear the sounds, see the faces and feel the intensity in the air. I have often thought about that the same crowd that shouted a triumphant return to Jerusalem is now the same crowd that is cheering his death. I think about Luke 22:63-65 and how my Lord and Savior wasn’t even treated with common decency before his death.
If you read anything at all about serial killers or people being executed, you will probably notice that it usually draws a crowd. When Ted Bundy was executed in 1989, there was a crowd outside the prison chanting and cheering his death. Timothy McVeigh of the Oklahoma City bombings was executed to the echoes of cheering outside the prison walls. Yet neither was beaten and mocked on the way to the gallows.
Jesus suffered far more than just the cross. He looked into the eyes of the people he came to save and saw their hatred for him. He listened to them mock him and scream for his blood.
Praise God that Jesus loved me enough that he still carried out God’s plan. That’s what I think about.