Good Meal with the Lord

GOOD MEAL WITH THE LORD

The turkey is stuffed into the frig and the pumpkin bread that didn’t rise has been tossed out. We’re already wondering if we should diet between Thanksgiving and Christmas or just keep wracking up the calorie-count until New Year’s Day.

Daddy always complained, when we were getting ready to go fishing, “Why do you women always turn everything into a picnic? We’re only going fishing. Why do you women think everything revolves around food?”

All through the Bible we find stories involving a meal. Abraham entertained the 3 angels of God with a meal of beef, bread and butter, and milk to drink.

Hundreds of years later, the Israelites in Egypt were told by God to roast a lamb with bitter herbs and unleavened bread, the night of the first Passover, when God was preparing them to leave Egypt, where they were slaves. They were told to eat it all with their shoes on, ready to go at a moment’s notice.

All along the way on their journey across the wilderness on their way to the Promised Land, God provided for them, with fresh water and manna, the great heavenly food, and quail for meat. The Promised Land was described as a land that flows with milk and honey.

In the New Testament, Jesus often entertained. On two different occasions, Jesus fed thousands of people with 5 loafs of bread and 2 fish. Even the night that He was betrayed, Jesus had a banquet dinner for his 12 disciples, serving bread and wine.

Jesus told His disciples, “Do this in remembrance of me.” Luke 22:19. Jesus gave us a commandment that we should continue the practice of sharing bread and drink in His name, until He returns.

Then in Acts, after the first church was established, the disciples gathered together often.

“And they steadfastly persevered, devoting themselves constantly to the instruction and fellowship of the apostles, to the breaking of bread [including the Lord’s supper] and prayer.” Acts 2:42 AMP.

Some of the most important events in the Bible were centered around a meal.