Sup part 1
First things first: While I have been known to say, "Sup?" instead of "What's up?" that's not what this Rant series is about. Its about love. (That should be pretty obvious by now, right?) Its about Revelation 3:20, "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me." Opening up your heart to love, and experiencing the love feast. Which, by the way, is what the word "love" in 1 John 4:8 means. "He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love." Love is number 26 in Strong's Greek Concordance. "love, that is, affection or benevolence; specifically (plural) a love feast: - feast of charity." And charity, of course, is love in action. So its a feeding of the hungry. That's what Jesus was talking about when He said He would sup with us. He was talking about sharing a meal. He was talking about satisfying our appetite with the only thing that WILL satisfy it. He was talking about the bread and the wine. The Lamb and the living water. Because you are what you eat. What you see is believe. Not with natural eyes, not on the surface stuff, but with the dove's eyes of the Holy Spirit. Not looking AT things (or people) but looking INTO things (and people). Seeing what beneath the surface. What's deep inside. Because the deep calls out to the deep. The Word--which is Jesus, which is love--in me calls out to the Word--again, Jesus... love--in you. And that connection happens at the supper table. Sharing that meal that is love. Receiving it and releasing it. Experiencing the gift we've been given... by giving it away. By sharing it. Jesus said, "If any man hears my voice." And that's a theme in Revelation. Eyes to see. Ears to hear. Not hearing what the world is screaming at us. "You're not good enough." "You need to try harder." I did a Guerrilla Gospel video today about the idea of "enough." How once you've given everything you have and everything you are, its either enough... or its not. And either way you've done everything you can do. You can't give what you don't have. You can only give what you do have. And you can't give MORE than what you've got. You can't be anyone but who you are. So knowing who you are is vitally important. Believing that still, small voice inside (that you is Jesus knocking on the door of our hearts) is what allows to be loved, and to love each other with that same love. To sit down and eat the six course meal (the Six Steps to the Throne) that Jesus prepared for us in the presence of our enemies. Jesus set the table, and the Spirit and the bride say, "Come!" Not, "come... or else," but, "come and get it!" Its all available to us. All we have to do is open up our hearts. Be open to love. Give love a chance. Eat the fruit from the Tree of Life... and live! Because the fruit of the Spirit is love. We feast on that love and then we can share that love. We ARE loved... so we CAN love. We can experience everything God has for us by filling ourselves to overflowing with what HE has filled us with. One more time... by receiving it and releasing it!