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The Banquet Table Awaits

All of you who are thirsty, come to the water! Whoever has no money, come, buy food and eat!

—Isaiah 55:1

If you were invited to a fancy five-star restaurant, free of charge, no strings attached, would you go? You’re not going to be pressured to buy a time-share or form a co-op, you’re simply going to mingle with others and have some fabulous food, and your host will take care of it all. Well, the invitation is an open one, and you’re invited every day to come to the feast. It’s a standing invitation and allows you to bring friends along too if you’d like. All you have to be is a little bit thirsty.

One writer said, “I was dying of thirst. When my spiritual eyes were opened I saw the rivers of living water flowing from his pierced side. I drank of it and was satisfied. Thirst was no more. Ever since I have always drunk of that water of life, and have never been athirst in the sandy desert of this world.”

God never wants you to thirst. He alone knows the way to the living waters, the place that will make your soul come alive and open the eyes of your heart. He invites you with each sunrise to come to his table, to start your day with him so that you will not thirst in the desert of this world. It’s a good day to be refreshed and renewed in him. Come to the feast!

Come to the banquet God sets before you every day and thirst no more.

RENEWED FOR A PURPOSE

Lord, thank you for always inviting me to your table. I come with great joy and gratitude today. Amen.