October 21, 2023: You Prepare A Table

"You prepare a table before me..." (Ps 23:5)

What does it mean when the scriptures say, "You prepare a table before me."  When I think about God preparing a table before me, I see a big table with lots and lots of food! It would be a table that is so attractive that you would stand in awe to look at it.

When I think of God preparing a table before me, I think of the hospitality of God. Think of all God did to prepare the Garden of Eden for man. Eden was such an attractive garden. And in that garden, God greets us and welcomes us. So, the table becomes a place of relationship. So much relationship-building and enjoyment happens around food on a table.

When I think of God setting a table before me, I think of all the food He would have on that table just for me. He is a God of resources. There would be plenty to share! He is God of more than enough!

God's table would be a table of divine provision supplied by Him alone. There is more than food at His table. There is protection, divine health, and healing. There is joy, deliverance, and so much more.

When God sets a table before us, He is saying all this is for you! But to sit at the table, we have to choose to come in and be seated. We have to want it. The table is about God wanting to be with us and to share life 'together' with us. And it is about us choosing to be with God.