Isaiah 55:1-3

Is anyone thirsty? Come and drink, even if you have no money! Come, take your choice of wine or milk, it’s all free! Why spend your money on food that does not give you strength? Why pay for food that does you no good? Listen to me, and you will eat what is good. You will enjoy the finest food. Come to me with your ears wide open. Listen, and you will find life. I will make an everlasting covenant with you. I will give you all the unfailing love I promised to David. Isaiah 55:1-3

We live in a world that promises us satisfaction. We look around and see the endless possibilities in the things that we can buy, the places we can go and the things we can experience. But the lie shows up when we find that we can’t get enough to be satisfied. The carrot of more and better continues to dangle in front of us while we strive to grab a hold of it. And in all that striving we find ourselves frustrated, discontented, and empty.

We choose where we eat. This isn’t a choice between McDonalds and Taco Bell, it’s the choice between God’s table and the world’s table. The world promises us so much, but we find the promises empty when we look into ourselves and see our own hunger and discontent. God promises us that His food is free (that even beats the dollar menu!), it’s the finest, and in it we’ll find life. And what’s more is that God’s restaurant is easy to get to. We need only to sit in His presence. We partake of God’s table when we worship Him, when we read His Word, when we spend time with Him. We don’t go to God’s table with an attitude of eating to be blessed; we come with the knowledge that when we eat, we will be transformed. When we listen to God and really hear what’s He’s saying to us, when we take His words into our being and live them out, we will have wealth. We’ll understand how to live in the abundance of the Spirit so we can look like Jesus, talk like Jesus, and walk like Him too.

Now there’s a promise of satisfaction that we can trust! Come to the Lord’s table and dine with me. Let’s eat!