We are by nature needy people. We are so created that we are to find the true satisfaction of our spiritual being in Him who has declared Himself the Life. We must have bread—that is our economic need; we must have friendship—that is our social need; we must have faith in the spiritual meaning of life—that is our religious need.
In spiritual communion the three find a beautiful and vital reality. We feast upon the true Bread from heaven and live; our personalities find highest vocation in expression of fellowship with the infinite; and the spiritual side of life finds its sequel and correct interpretation in Him.
The communion must not be limited to the mere act of partaking of the physical elements. This is needed, but is only an outward sign of a spiritual and inner grace. The actual communion may follow days or weeks later when the broken bread of life’s experience and the cup of sorrow are offered in deeper fellowship. Then it is that we are to hear Him say, “In remembrance of Me.” Why? Is it not that as we thus partake of the broken bread and drink of His cup that grace, His grace, the more abundant grace, may be manifest and that we may enter more fully into the deeper meaning of His ministry? Thus He speaks for the heart’s encouragement and uplift.