2 CORINTHIANS 13:14
"The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen."
Once again, the Scriptures point us to the mystery of the Trinity, God's eternal existence revealed in three forms, living in harmony and submission to each other. As Paul closes this last letter to the church at Corinth, he invokes the names of the Trinity, ending his prayer with a blessing of the communion of the Spirit.
Communion. We use this term to describe the church's ordinance of the Lord's Supper as we break bread and drink from the cup to remember Christ's death for us on the cross. To commune means to bring together, and by this ordinance, we acknowledge it is only in the cross of Calvary that our unholy lives are joined unhindered by sin to God.
But God doesn't just want us to commune with him during a periodic church service. He wants communion with his family at all times. This is done in us through the Spirit's touch.
Just as two who value each others' friendship desire to be together in all things, so does the Lord yearn for time with us. And not only is this his abiding desire, he's made this communion possible through the presence of the Spirit in us.
One of the things that today's technological age has done is make it somewhat easier for husbands and wives to remain in touch across the miles that separate during military deployments. Through the internet, couples see each other weekly, chat through an instant messenger almost daily, and post diaries and pictures of their separate lives on blogs, reaching out across the distance. What a blessing this is, but it pales in the instant communion that is now ours in the Spirit.
Still, in spite of the Lord's presence, we too often forget to even speak to God through the Spirit. We've become so focused on the things of this life us that we don't commune with God at all. I'm sure this breaks our Lord's heart.
It's time for the church of Jesus Christ to yearn for our Lord as much as he yearns for us. If we'll focus on the cross and the Lord's sacrifice to make possible this communion, I'm sure we'll begin to turn our hearts to Christ.
LORD JESUS
Lord, I thank you for the possibility of communing with you, my God daily. Forgive my life for sometimes ignoring or being unthankful for the price you paid to make a communion with possible in my life. Amen.
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