Sunday, June 27, 2021

We Will Remember

“We will remember … the Lord” (Psalm 20:7).

On the war memorial in the town of Smiths Falls, Ontario where I live, is the following inscription to the brave men and women who gave their lives for the freedom of humanity:

They gave their today for our tomorrow,

We will remember them!

Once a year, on November 11th, we pause for a few moments to remember the great sacrifice of life that has been made at various times in our history. But how often do we stop and remember the One who made the greatest sacrifice of all time, the Lord Jesus and His death for us at Calvary?

He not only wants us to remember Him once a year, or from time to time, but He has instituted a way that we can remember Him in the breaking of break, and we are exhorted, “For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord’s death till He come” (1 Corinthians 11:26).

Today is the “first day of the week” (Acts 20:7), otherwise called the “Lord’s day” (Revelation 1:10). Will you be with those who honor the Lord’s request to remember Him? Remember, He says, “As often … . ”