We are now only hours away from observing the Lord’s Passover. We have been examining ourselves and judging ourselves through God’s great spiritual mirror—the Word of God. The apostle Paul writes: “For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart” (Hebrews 4:12, King James Version throughout).

The waning hours before we partake of the Passover is a time for deep reflection concerning how blessed we are to have been called into God’s marvelous light. I wonder how many of us even begin to comprehend the significance of our calling; and I don’t mean just in the collective sense, but in the particular and individual sense. God’s concern for us is so awe-inspiring that it is difficult to comprehend—even the hairs on our head are numbered.

The Psalmist writes: “How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!” (Psalm 139:17). God has called you personally; given you the pearl of great price. Do you count it a great honor? How much does that calling mean to you? There can be no higher calling for young or old. You have been given the knowledge and hope of the ages. Men have written about, debated over, fought for—bled and died—for what you have been called to.

God the Father gave all He could give in order for you to be where you are today. He so loved us that he gave His only Son. And Jesus the Christ, the only begotten Son of God, gave all He could give that we might stand where we stand today. The apostle John writes, “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends” (John 15:13). Eating and drinking of the Passover provides you with the opportunity to reflect on the deep love that God the Father and Jesus Christ have for you personally.

The Passover is a memorial that teaches us to call to mind, to remember, the great sacrifice that God and Christ made for us to be able to eat and drink of the Lord’s Passover. Eating the bread symbolizes the broken body that was given for us, and drinking the wine symbolizes the shed blood that was given that our sins may be blotted out and removed as far as the east is from the west. The apostle Paul writes: “For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread: And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me. After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me” (1 Corinthians 11:23-25).

It all began with our calling through being convicted by the Word and Spirit of God. Through the preaching of the word and God’s Spirit working in us we came to understand that apart from repenting of our sins and exercising faith in the sacrifice of Christ, we were on a path leading toward death. In view of the love that God and Christ have shown for us through the ages, we must heed the words of the apostle Peter: “Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall” (2 Peter 1:10). You can read, meditate and do the things that Peter says that will enable us to make our calling and election sure.

The apostles had seen Jesus. You haven’t. So, you might ask how can I have the faith that they had? The apostle Paul writes, “Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God” (Romans 10:17, NKJV). And the apostle Peter writes, “We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts” (2 Peter 1:19).

God who cannot lie has given us precious promises, and if we live by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God we will be given a crown of righteousness in the Kingdom of God (2 Timothy 4:8). Remember we are admonished to keep the feast with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth (1 Corinthians 5:8). Note the words of the Psalmist: “Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee” (Psalm 119:11).

In one sense you could say that we have a more complete testimony as to the plan and purpose of God than did many of the disciples. We have the sure word of prophecy and the history of the faithfulness of God and Christ through the ages.

We must not let the things that God has revealed to us slip. At times we tend to focus on how small and insignificant we are on the world scene. But we must not forget that God has committed to us the mission of the ages. We are involved in the most important work on the face of the earth. Remember the words of Malachi: “Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord: And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse” (Malachi 4:5-6).

We have been enlisted in the work of preparing a people for the return of Christ. Our calling at this particular juncture of history is so very important. There have been many faithful men and women called to serve in advancing the plan and purpose of God. We are a link in that chain of faithful men and women who have labored in fulfilling God’s great plan and purpose. So we must not be weary in well doing. We must not forget what we have been called to. We must not forget that God and Christ are counting on us. Who knows whether you have been called to the Kingdom for such a time as this.