We look back to what Christ has done for us. We look forward to what He will do for us. Looking back and looking forward: These are both found in Hebrews 9:28 – ‘Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for Him’. We remember our Saviour. We remember what He has done for us: ‘the Son of God loved us and gave Himself for us’ (Galatians 2:20). We eat bread and drink wine, giving thanks that our Saviour went to the Cross for us – His body broken for us and His blood shed for us. We are not only looking back. We are also looking forward: ‘As often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes’ (1 Corinthians 11:23-26). Remember – and pray, ‘Come, Lord Jesus!’(Revelation 22:20). As we remember Jesus Christ, crucified for us, let us pray that we will look beyond the bread and the wine. Let us pray that we will see Jesus and love Him. We are not to be like the scribes – they had all the external trappings of religion – and nothing else (Mark 12:38-40)! We are to be like the ‘poor widow’ – she had very little, yet she had everything that really matters: she loved the Lord (Mark 12:41-44)!

Hebrews 9:28