Christ’s Perfect Will

“Anyone who eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Master irreverently is like part of the crowd that jeered and spit on him at his death. Is that the kind of “remembrance” you want to be part of? Examine your motives, test your heart, come to this meal in holy awe (1 Corinthians 11:27-28).”

Fifty-three years ago in Memphis, TN civil rights leader Martin Luther King was killed. A visible spokesperson for the civil rights movement was gone and although those who hated him snuffed out his life it didn’t snuff out his dream. Here we are today, a little over a half century later in pursuit of that same dream. It is the dream that drives those who seek love, unity, fellowship, fairness, equity and justice. This must be the rallying cry for all Christians if we are to fulfill the will of God.

Martin’s message was not a new message it was also Jesus’ message; to take care of the poor, the widows, the orphans, to look out for the interests of others not our own (Philippians 2:4), to encourage one another (1 Thessalonians 5:11), to carry one another’s burdens (Galatians 6:2), to serve one another through love (Galatians 5:13), to do nothing out of selfish ambition or conceit (Philippians 2:3), in other words, we are to emulate Him. Unfortunately the events of the day do not suggest that we have heard the message Jesus sought to convey.

As believers we cannot wait for someone else to do what God called us to do and has equipped us to do. We all must examine ourselves, our actions, our motives, our intentions and ask, “are we doing the will of God”? This is what communion is all about.

I too have a dream a dream where the perfect will of Christ is realized identifying with Him, His intimate thoughts and feelings, thoughts and feelings that align with His perfect will.