Sup part 4
You are what you eat. Really. Naturally AND Spiritually. If you eat junk food, you won't be entering any body building competitions. If you "eat" or digest what the world has to offer, you'll think you're not worthy of love. (Unfortunately, the same can be said for what a lot of the church world seems to be offering these days.) But when the Bible says, "God is love" in 1 John 4:8 the Word "love" means "love feast." And the aspect of that meal--the only meal that can satisfy our appetite--that I want to focus on today is the idea of a feast. Of being able to eat all you want. And having leftovers. Having more than enough. Living out of abundance. Having enough for yourself, and your family (we talked about the Son always having a seat at Daddy's table, right?), AND anybody else who is hungry. The whole idea behind the Parable of the banquet in Luke chapter 14. And I don't want to recite the whole parable here, but I want to hit on a few verses. Luke 14:21-23, "So that servant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind. And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room. And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled." I'm not even going to get into how the original invitees rejected the offer. That's for another time. All I want to focus on today is that no matter how many people come to the table, "...yet there is room..." And I want to focus on "...compel them to come in..." Because I'm telling you: We have what everybody wants. What everybody NEEDS. We have the only thing that can satisfy an appetite for love. Which, of course, is love. That's HOW we live out of our abundance, because love is what MAKES the abundant life abundant. And since this is a love FEAST, there's more than enough for everybody. So we can be generous with it. I love that saying, "Nobody ever went broke by being generous." The more you take... the less you have. But the more you give... the more you experience. Because love IS giving. If you want to feel love... love somebody. Stop trying to get something you think you haven't got. Stop living from a posture of lack. Start enjoying what you got. Because we have already have it all. We have already been blessed with all Spiritual blessings, and we have already been given all things that pertain to life and godliness. We have been given the gift of God. Knowing the one true God and the One whom He sent. Knowing God as heavenly Father and knowing ourselves as His beloved Son in whom He is well pleased. Knowing love because we are known BY love. Feasting on the ultimate truth of the universe--God is love and He loves you--and sharing that meal with everybody else. Compelling them to come by offering them a more excellent way. Offering them their heart's desire. Offering them what we have. Meals are meant to be shared. Especially the meal that is Jesus' body and blood. Bread and wine. Lamb and living water. The love feast. There is more than enough love to go around. So stop trying to get something and start giving something away!