As we find ourselves approaching the Memorial Day weekend, many of you may be planning on participating in a Memorial service focused on remembering and honoring those who made the ultimate sacrifice in service to our country… In service to us. These events tend to be solemn with near ritualistic activities to show our respect, such as, a 21-gun salute, playing of Taps, role call of the following, etc.

While this once a year observance is important and I strongly encourage everyone to get out and attend one; I myself will be speaking at four separate Memorial Day ceremonies in surrounding towns on Memorial Day; our respect, our appreciation, our remembrance should not be isolated to just a single solitary day of the year but rather something we carry with us everyday to hopefully motivate us to be a better more active citizen contributing value to our community and our country.

In a similar manner, we as Christians have a memorial observance dedicated to remembering One who made a selfless sacrifice for the freedom and eternal wellbeing of others. Just as our Military Service Members are serving a multitude of everyday citizens they have never meet; Jesus laid down His life for the uncountable multitude of individuals who have ever existed, and ever will exist. As clearly illustrated in Scripture and testified to by the faithful observance by Christians for nearly 2,000 years on the first day of every week, time is set aside to participate in a simple observance to remember that great and selfless sacrifice in the memorial of the Lord’s Supper.

Allow me to encourage you to not relegate this memorial of remembrance concerning our Savior to a rushed, get it done, check the box, observance we perform in the midst of our Sunday worship but carry it with you every day. Don’t misunderstand me, observe the Lord’s Supper as it is clearly commanded but allow it to be a springboard for the week ahead as you live each moment of your life not for yourself but rather for Him.

“I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.” (Romans 12:1)