Someone mentioned double portions in a post yesterday and
God brought to mind elementary school camp, which was so much fun and a great
blessing as a kid. I loved camp at Lake Tyler! The massive cedar paneled dining
hall and the scrumptious biscuits with honey and butter were just wonderful.
You’d go through the line to get your meal and they’d ladle each portion
carefully on your plate. You didn’t get to go back through the line, but your
tray was so full that nobody needed seconds!
Holiday plates are wonderful too! When I was a girl the men ate from
platters! Their plates would be so full and brimming over the edge – as they
ate all the wonderful delicacies saved especially for holidays. We kids had our
special plates too and there was always a table for just desserts. I have
photos my mother took of my two nephews standing on their little tiptoes trying
to get a piece of cake or pie from that table!
We’d sit around and enjoy those family meals, including
Sunday dinners, with the adults talking and the kids giggling and nudging one
another under the table! Our little dog, Tinkerbell, even got in on the
festivities. She’d sit underneath the table and tap one lap after another for a
morsel from the huge spread! Everyone
enjoyed double portions and laughed as they tasted all the desserts, candies
and cookies. Those times were not for diets, but for fellowship. And our fellowships
were awesome!
Maybe you miss the old days. Perhaps you feel that you don’t
have enough of the good things anymore. You once ate at the table until you
were full and felt so satisfied. But life has crept in and the little troubles
have overtaken the big joys. You hold back – from enjoying - blessing,
banqueting, fellowshipping and more. You feel you must refrain – you’ve either
done too wrong, gone too far or can’t believe God anymore. It could be that a loved one has disappointed
you or betrayed you. You can’t possibly see how God would want you at His table
anymore.
Oh beloved! You need to know today that a double portion is
yours! A double portion of His love, a double portion of His grace, a double
portion of His mercy! What are you lacking? Where is your weakness? A double
portion is yours for the asking! Hungry for God , for the way it was? He says
to you today, Come back to Me for I have a double portion awaiting those who
turn to Me. He will NOT turn you away,
you may come to the banqueting room over and over again! Feasting on His Manna
makes for healthy hearts, healthy minds and healthy spirits!
Don’t hold back today, but run to the King of Kings and let
Him serve you all the riches of His Kingdom. Give your heart fully to Him and
watch as you Open His Menu Book and See – no prices listed- for His choicest
foods are available at no cost to you! It may look like the world’s menu is the
better deal, but it always costs you more than you want to pay and never
fulfills your longing heart. Everything
in His Menu Book is readable and understandable for you, His child. It’s all
yours! For the Lord of Heaven and Earth is your Double Portion always!
He loves you beloved, forever! And He’s going to keep you spiritually
fed and well cared for all the days of your life!
Psalm 23:5 You prepare a feast for me in the presence of my
enemies. You honor me by anointing my head with oil. My cup overflows with
blessings.
Psalm 31:19 How great is the goodness You have stored up for
those who fear You. You lavish it on those who come to You for protection,
blessing them before the watching world.
Psalm 16:11 You will make known to me the path of life; In
Your presence is fullness of joy; In Your right hand there are pleasures
forever. (NAS)
Psalm 24:5 They will receive the Lord’s blessing and have a right
relationship with God their savior.
John 10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to
kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might
have it more abundantly. KJV
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