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| Loma De Luz, Honduras |
I love eating with family and friends. I love a good dinner party. And every once in a while, I enjoy getting a table for one. Whether this table is at home, a restaurant or on a mission trip, I enjoy the calmness of a table for one. There are no expectations or awkward silences. The table for one usually involves some of the following: a legal pad, pen, coffee, my water bottle and my Bible.
As I engaged in my lenten reading for last week, the verse "You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies" keeps coming to mind. What if this table is a table for one? What if this table is just for me and God, face to face? What if I sit at the table in the presence of my enemies that lie within?
What if the enemy is my own selfishness, my own apathy, my own comfort, my own pride? What if I sit at the table in the presence of my enemy and can only confess to God that I have fallen short? What if at the table for one I am reminded of Romans 3:23, that all have fallen short? I believe that at that table for one, there is confession. There is forgiveness. There is grace. There is bread for me to eat and a cup overflowing. There is oil being poured out on my head. There at the table for one I learn that goodness and mercy are following me. Even when I get so comfortable that I am unwilling to sacrifice my time, talent and treasure for His Kingdom, there is grace.
Maybe you can find grace at a table for one.
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