We all recall where we were that morning of September 11, 2001. Whether we were on our way to work, or getting the kids ready for school, whatever we were doing, it all came to a stop as we sat frozen in front of our televisions, watching the unbelievable happen in real time.
Yet, on this date twenty-one years later, how many will take the time to remember? A handful may stop and recall the day’s events, or perhaps talk to others about that awful day. An even smaller group will attend some memorial service. Some will go through the day and never think of the attack that took the lives of over 2400 Americans. A few news media may say nothing of it at all.
God knew how important it was for His people to remember important events. The yearly observance of the Passover, and the weekly observance of the Sabbath, were commanded to keep God’s presence in their lives “unforgettable.” Today we assemble weekly to partake of the Lord’s Supper. Jesus said to do it “in remembrance of me” (Lu. 22:19). There was not to be a Lord’s Day worship without a time to remember the body and blood shed for us on the cross. We are not to assemble and ignore, postpone, or replace this weekly remembrance (1 Co. 11:20). It is by this weekly observance, now two thousand years later, by which His death remains prominent in our worship and memory.
Are you faithful in the “remembrances” instituted by God?
-Dennis Doughty