If you are ever in doubt about what the grace of God can do in a life, I encourage you to read the biography of Smith Wigglesworth. He was an illiterate British plumber whose wife taught to read and write. He was later known as the apostle of faith under whose ministry many miraculous healings took place. It is on record too that he raised several dead persons back to life. The secret to his success is captured here: “The real change in Smith Wigglesworth did not come until he started getting up every day at 4 a.m. to take Communion. Like clockwork, he would begin each day by remembering his covenant with Almighty God by taking the bread and the cup. Every day he lived under the influence of that covenant. And every day he became more and more bold—until finally, he became one of the boldest men of God in history.”

On the night that Jesus was betrayed, He instituted what we call the Lord’s supper or the Communion. He asked the believers to observe it as often as possible, describing the elements as the symbol of the New Testament. Blood is life! When we partake of the flesh and the blood of Jesus, we receive the same life that He carries. There is grace in that life; and that makes Communion a means of grace.