Communion – Pathway to God's Heart

Communion is the pathway for reaching the heart of God. The very nature of communion indicates an intimate connection for expressing your concerns and then being assured you will be responded to in a way that’s helpful. What builds a bridge to communication is faith in the one to whom closeness is desired.

Faith creates a powerful desire to be near to God and to believe he desires to be close to you. Faith gives you and each believer the incentive to be close to God and to follow his purpose for your life. Faith then helps you respond with gratitude to God for his love and faithfulness in providing for all your needs.

The reason for being receptive to communion with Christ Jesus is that it motivates you to live for him wherever you are. Communion with God also creates the desire to be closer to those with whom you share personal relationships. Faith makes it possible to trust that God is present in all your attempts to communicate with others.  

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You are my strength and my choice forever, Powerful Lord God…It is good for me to be near you. I choose you as my protector, and I will tell about your wonderful deeds.

~Psalm 72:26-28 Contemporary English Version 

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The Heart of Communion with God

 The word communion calls to mind an array of images specifically as it relates to my religious experiences. In my tradition the Lord Supper is periodically served in remembrance of the last meal Jesus shared with his disciples. Those who participate in this sacrament acknowledge the sacrifice Jesus made on the cross to reach out to us.

At the heart of communion is faith which makes us acceptable to God. By faith and trust in Christ Jesus, each person is made worthy to be a participant in this sacrament. Therefore we consciously, earnestly, and  willingly examine ourselves to discover, confess, and repent of sin so we can approach God with a clean heart.

Accompanying faith in participation of communion are hope and courage to seek a satisfying and deep, intimate, loving relationship with the Lord God. We also offer our thanksgiving to him for sending Christ Jesus to lay down his life - to give his life to redeem and save us from the power of sin.

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During the meal Jesus took some bread in his hands. He blessed the bread and broke it. Then he gave it to his disciples and said, “Take this and eat it. This is my body.” Jesus picked up a cup of wine and gave thanks to God. He then gave it to his disciples and said, “Take this and drink it. This is my blood, and with it God makes his agreement with you. It will be poured out, so that many people will have their sins forgiven.”

~Matthew 26:26-28 Contemporary English Version

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Awaken! Arise!

It would be absurd to deliberately lose touch with God, who designed you for his unique and special purpose. Yet the cares of life and other distractions become barriers for staying in touch with your true self, your family, friends and Christ Jesus. You can build a wall that blocks communion with the Lord God.

German philosopher Frederick Nietzsche was credited with creating pandemonium with his proposal that God was dead. As he observed the church at worship, he concluded there was no passion, enthusiasm or joy accompanying attempts to worship God. Nietzsche saw no evidence of God's power in the lives of those who dutifully read their prayers and sang  hymns, so he deduced that God was dead in their lives.

God calls us to awaken from our spiritual slumber and return to him, the source of lasting joy and peace. Communion with God requires your determination to recapture a vision of how much God loves you and desires for you to be in fellowship with Him. 

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…God says in the Scriptures, “Awake, O sleeper, and rise up from the dead; and Christ shall give you light.” So be careful how you act; these are difficult days. Don’t be fools; be wise: make the most of every opportunity you have for doing good. Don’t act thoughtlessly, but try to find out and do whatever the Lord wants you to.

~Ephesians 5:14-17 The Living Bible