While we had no meal
catastrophes on Christmas Day, I did forget to purchase one important menu element.
When I went to assembly the broccoli rice casserole there was no broccoli! Our son
went to Walgreen’s, the only thing, besides gas stations, open in town only to
find they had none. Someone managed to
find a packaged of steam and serve “casserole” in their freezer and we made it.
To say we were all
stuffed afterwards is putting it mildly.
I am always concerned there won’t be enough and as a result there’s
always more than we could ever eat, even though this year there were 12 of us
present. With the candies and pies and fruit salad included and the fact that
most everyone grazed all afternoon, you could say we were stuffed. Not only
were we full at the table, we stayed full all afternoon! The only thing we had to watch was what Caleb
got hold of, since he’s allergic to nuts, otherwise he could eat to his heart
desire as well.
Believers should be a
lot like Christmas meal patrons. At our disposal is the most wonderful banquet
table in the universe! Nothing is taboo and nothing at His banquet will harm
us. At our fingertips are the richest delicacies of the faith spread out freely
for us to partake.
Unlike Christmas meals,
when we are full of God, we can keep eating and never feel stuffed! In fact the
more you partake of God’s banquet, the more blessed we become! The richest
morsels of God’s banquet keeps us wanting more of Him and less of the world. When
we are filled with God we don’t have room for anything else!
Oh beloved, how blessed
you are to live where the Word of God can still be freely read and absorbed!
You who belong to Him are able to partake, with all the saints, every single
item on His menu! Run to His Word today Let the Holy Spirit feed you and fill
you with His delicacies so that you have no room for other things that do not
truly satisfy. Other menus will call out
to you, but when you stay close to the Lord and let Him fill you with Himself,
nothing else will do. He says to you
this morning, come and see, all that I AM you can be a partaker of. All that I
AM is yours for the asking. You never have to leave, you can even carry Me with
you, for I AM with you always. Sit and learn of Me for I AM your most faithful
friend and I will never leave you hungry or thirsty. Other things may look
enticing, but they will lead to pain and hurt and sorrow. But I AM always good
for your heart, health for your soul and life for your spirit. I AM the one who loves you and I AM the one
who is with you, after the party is over, after the mess is cleared away, after
everyone else is gone I AM. Come and be seated at My banqueting table, for My
banner over you is Love!
Song of Solomon 2:4 He brought me to the banqueting house, and His banner over me was
love [for love waved as a protecting and comforting banner over my head when I
was near Him]. AMP
Isaiah 2:3 People from many nations will come and say,
“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of Jacob’s God.
There He will teach us his ways, and we will walk in His paths.” For the LORD’s
teaching will go out from Zion; His word will go out from Jerusalem.
Isaiah 55:1 “Is
anyone thirsty? Come and drink— even if you have no money! Come, take
your choice of wine or milk— it’s all free!
Psalm 37:4 Take delight in the Lord, and He will give you your heart’s desires.
Psalm 40:16 But may all
who search for You be filled with joy and gladness in You. May those who love Your
salvation repeatedly shout, “The LORD is great!”
Ephesians 5:2 Live a life
filled with love, following the example of Christ. He loved us and offered Himself
as a sacrifice for us, a pleasing aroma to God.
Psalm 107:9 For He
satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.
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