PSALM 116
As the psalmist reflects on the amazing ways in which God has delivered
him from disaster and rescued him even from death, he is overwhelmed
by thankfulness, and his natural response is to want to do something to
show his gratitude to God. “What shall I return to the Lord for all his
goodness to me?” he asks. (vs. 12) The answer that comes to him is to “lift
up the cup of salvation” and to offer a sacrifice in worship together with all
of God’s people. (vs. 13-14)
While as Christians we have no need to offer any sacrifice beyond the
once-and-for-all sacrifice of himself that Jesus made on the cross, we do
have an opportunity to lift up the cup of salvation, each time we partake in
communion together. The gifts of bread and wine remind us of the blood
and body of Christ, and our natural response when we think of all the
ways that God has rescued us should be to want to celebrate that sacred
meal in worship together. Has God done great things for you? Then look
forward with eagerness to the next opportunity you will have to take the
Lord’s Supper together in worship, and “lift up the cup of salvation” with a
heart full of gratitude. –Ken Roach
As the psalmist reflects on the amazing ways in which God has delivered
him from disaster and rescued him even from death, he is overwhelmed
by thankfulness, and his natural response is to want to do something to
show his gratitude to God. “What shall I return to the Lord for all his
goodness to me?” he asks. (vs. 12) The answer that comes to him is to “lift
up the cup of salvation” and to offer a sacrifice in worship together with all
of God’s people. (vs. 13-14)
While as Christians we have no need to offer any sacrifice beyond the
once-and-for-all sacrifice of himself that Jesus made on the cross, we do
have an opportunity to lift up the cup of salvation, each time we partake in
communion together. The gifts of bread and wine remind us of the blood
and body of Christ, and our natural response when we think of all the
ways that God has rescued us should be to want to celebrate that sacred
meal in worship together. Has God done great things for you? Then look
forward with eagerness to the next opportunity you will have to take the
Lord’s Supper together in worship, and “lift up the cup of salvation” with a
heart full of gratitude. –Ken Roach