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“And when the hour was come, He sat down, and the twelve apostles with Him” (Luke 22:14).
In this chapter, the Lord Jesus told Peter and John where to prepare the Passover, but after they had eaten the Passover, the Lord Jesus instituted the remembrance of the Lord. No longer was there any need to keep the Passover, for the Lord Jesus, who was the true Passover, was giving His life for us, as the Lamb of God.
Here we read that when the time came for them to eat the Passover, the twelve apostles were there, with the Lord Jesus. When we read this verse, we are impressed with the fact that they were all on time. The Lord Jesus did not have to wait because someone was late.
Are you and I careful to be at meetings on time? Do we specially consider the remembrance of the Lord important enough to be there in plenty of time? Yes, sometimes we cannot avoid being late, if something suddenly delays us over which we have no control. It is better to be late than not to go at all. But all too often, believers are late simply because they have not gotten up early enough to get ready and get to the meeting on time. Let us remember that the Lord is there, and that we are going to meet Him. Let us not be late!
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