Feasting

Scripture

John 6:57

Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will live because of me.

Observation

Jesus is giving me instructions on how I am to live and what leads to eternal life.

Application

As I read this a thought crossed my mind. We sit down at least three times a day to eat. We go to buffet bars with 100's of choices of foods, we spend hours preparing meals...just to feed this body which is going to die and decay. Why do we put so much time and energy into a worthless cause? The physical answer is that we NEED it to live, I get that, but the comparison comes to how much time am I feasting at the banquet table of God versus feeding a dieing vessel? Jesus tells me that I need to feed on him. So what does that mean? For me it means to follow what he has said, and do it. Know him and his ways in such a manner that when faced with "something" my reactions will mirror those of our Lord. As with physical eating, "I am what I eat". So it should be in my spiritual walk. My life should be a representation of what I am eating spiritually.

Prayer

Father, you have provided me with real food and real drink so I may live. Help me today to come to the table to feast off of you. Let me take the time to sit and savour the wonderful fragrance of the food you have prepared, to feed off the platters set before me, and to drink the redeeming blood of Christ so that it is your life that is running through my veins. Amen.