And Melchizedek the king of Salem brought out bread and wine. Now he was priest of God the Most High. (Gen. 14:18)
Many Christians today attend “church service” on Sunday morning, faithfully setting aside an hour or two each week for the Lord. But have we ever asked ourselves what exactly is the “service” we are receiving — or what kind of “service” the Lord desires?
As believers, many of us say we want to serve the Lord; some among us even truly desire it. But if anyone among us can serve, it is because he has been served first. This service is not from man, but from the Lord Himself. The Lord is our Melchizedek (Heb. 7:15), interceding for us and serving us the bread and wine, just as he did for Abram. And it is through this service that God changes us; we not only take Him in as our true food and true drink (John 6:55), but are ushered into a real life and relationship with Him. All God has ever wanted was to get inside of us — and what better way than to make Himself edible!
His service to us is available and accessible every moment, not just on Sunday mornings when we practice physically taking the bread and wine. He is our constant, abundant, nourishing supply. He is ever present, ever flowing, ever victorious. He is not only the One who brings the supply to us; He is the service itself — its source, its way, its content. Because we have been served by, through, and with such a Christ, we, too, are priests serving His house (1 Pet. 2:5). In our daily lives, when we engage with our brothers and sisters, invite friends to the meetings, or raise our children, what we bring them into is the same reality that we have been served by and into. In the same way, whenever we call a hymn, pray-read a verse, or serve the bread and the wine, we are not serving something physical — we are serving something eternal: this Person, this Christ, our High Priest, the Lord Himself, the One who intercedes, dispenses, lives for, and saves us to the uttermost (Heb. 7:25)!
(Above are notes of fellowship taken from a gathering on 2/2/2025, not reviewed by the speaker.)