Every week at this table you hear that as we eat this bread and drink this cup, we proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes. We are a witnessing people. And we must go about that declaration as whole persons.

God has given you both a soul and a body. He has given you both a heart and finger tips. And, in short, you must declare the Lord’s death with your whole person.

Men would lean one way or the other. They will be all about inward devotion to the point that they nearly forget they have a body. Or, they will be all about practicality and works of service all the while neglecting the heart of the matter. 

The former must hear that God really hates the noise of your sacred songs if you’re not proclaiming Him with your body in the world He created. And the latter must remember that there will be those on the final day that hear, “Yes, yes, you casted out devils well enough and did many great works in my name, now depart from me I never knew you.”

The goal is not to hedge your bets as if too much heart would get you in trouble or too many blisters for Christ would put you in the other ditch. The goal is to run hard in both directions at the same time. This is challenging. But nothing is impossible with God.

Sing with your lips from your heart. Labor with your hands by love. Do works with your body by faith. For the Christ you come to fellowship with now is both the Son of God and the Son of Man. He has a body and face, which you will one day see. And He is also eternal God whose face no man shall see (Exodus 33:20). So come in faith and welcome to Jesus Christ.