I've been chewing on a thought for a while now and I think it's time to share it with you my friends. In Song of Solomon it says that "He has brought me to His banqueting table and His banner over me is love" and in Psalm "He prepares a table for me in the presence of my enemies, He anoints my head with oil, my cup overflows". But to be honest, I don't always feel like I'm at a banqueting table, a lot of times I just feel hungry. As I pondered this phenomenon one day, I remembered a picture of another banquet table. In the movie Hook, after Peter has had a long hard day of trying to remember how to be Peter Pan, he sits down at a huge banqueting table, but to his dismay it is covered from end to end with empty dishes. Like Peter we are often brought to the banqueting table but see nothing but emptiness. It is only when we begin to believe in the truths God has spoken, when we begin to trust that He will fill us, when we choose to live in joy and love in the moment in which we are, that we, like Peter, suddenly see a table filled with every delight imaginable, a table filled with enough for everyone at the table with more to spare for whoever we could desire to invite. And every time we believe, we hear that same sweet voice in our hearts that says proudly "You're doing it, child!" So don't wait to see the feast set before you to dig in today, take a huge bite of that ribeye or cake or donut and you will find that it is indeed there and that it will fill both your need and your desire. Oh taste and see that the Lord is good! A good practical step to start with? Pray this, "Lord I thank You that Jesus Christ came to be the bread of life, I thank You that He gave His life that I might be filled with the goodness of God. I believe that You are more than enough for my every need. I believe that You are good and that You give good gifts to Your children. I believe that You provide for me and I place myself in alignment with Your word that whoever hungers and thirsts for righteousness will be satisfied and that whoever believes in You and eats Your words will never hunger, and I say that I am hungry for You and Your words and Your righteousness." Dig in. This is the best meal you'll ever have.
