Communion- way to fellowship

When Jesus took the bread, broke it and gave it to His disciples, telling them to eat it in His remembrance, it was more than what we think of taking communion, today. He meant fellowship, he meant thanksgiving, he meant looking in another's eyes and recognizing the forgivennes of all sins, of all wrongs- He meant humility. There is something special about believers getting together. There are only few words that could possibly describe the mystery of it. Today I met with my friend, we talked about what God is doing in our lives and how much we love Him. We talked for hours, became very encouraged and felt anointed by the Lord, to do something. We prayed and felt connected, by something Greater than ourselves or this world. It was a mystery, a beautiful one. Just like the verse says: Where two or three gather together, I am with them. Togetherness among believers is holy. It is unity, something for which Jesus prayed and longed to see so much, that John wrote a whole chapter on it [17]. When He broke the bread and passed it around the table, there was something very powerful taking place. ‘Take it and continue on taking it.’ We surely continue on taking it, but are we doing it in the same manner? Do we look each other’s in the eyes; speak words of grace, love and forgiveness? Do we then, have the same humility to pass the bread to someone else and forgive them also? That’s what they did. Today many times in Churches, we are taught to take the communion on our own. So we go to the altar, the bread is surprisingly broken by whom we don’t know; we grab a piece, dip it in the juice, sing a song and go on. It is all about us, all about ‘me’ in that moment. Where is the fellowship? Where is the recognition of my forgiveness? Where did the humility go? It’s all about the comfort, rather than a moment of unity and the holy and necessary recognition, of my position in the Kingdom of Heaven. Think about this for a second. Communion is a very important part of Christianity. Christianity is a very important part of our Fellowship with one another.
Communion – the way we take it- defines Christianity. Christianity- how we do communion- defines Fellowship.