Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... … Please take the time to take in a YouTube video of song and lyrics from the group Sidewalk Prophets singing … Come to the Table … poignantly singing of how we Christians can - and should - take King Jesus’ invitation to dine with Him every day and forever in glory.
Eric Enstrom 1918 Photo of the Abundant Life
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Highlight Verse[s]: John 10:10 [ESV] ... 10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.
… Jesus invites all to come and join Him at His table of abundance.
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Highlight Passage [context]: John 10:7-15 [ESV] ... USE THIS LINK ...
… Jesus wants to be our Good shepherd and to live our lives in the fullness of a relationship with Him forever.
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Reference Passage : … Psalm 23:5-6 [ESV] … USE THIS LINK …
… God, our Good Shepherd, has prepared for us a table from His abundance in glory which we can come to and fellowship with Him forever.
Reference Passage : … Philippians 4:19 [ESV] … 19 And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
… God, thru Paul, shows us that He will supply all that we need in life from His table of glory.
Reference Passage : … Revelation 3:20 [ESV] … 20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.
… Jesus wants to come into our hearts, everyday, … dining and fellowshipping with us for eternity.
My Devotional Journal: Today's ODB author, David H Roper, uses an biblical word picture of Christians being like old clay pots, being shaped into the image of Christ by the “Potter’s” hands. … The ODB author wrote: The year was 1918, near the end of World War I, and photographer Eric Enstrom was putting together a portfolio of his work. He wanted to include one that communicated a sense of fullness in a time that felt quite empty to so many people. In his now much-loved photo, a bearded old man sits at a table with his head bowed and his hands clasped in prayer. On the surface before him there is only a book, spectacles, a bowl of gruel, a loaf of bread, and a knife. Nothing more, but also nothing less. [see photo]
Some might say the photograph reveals scarcity. But Enstrom’s point was quite the opposite: Here is a full life, one lived in gratitude, one you and I can experience as well regardless of our circumstances.
Hey, fellow Christians. Have you taken in the full meaning of Eric Enstrom’s photo and the linked song, by the group, Sidewalk Prophets? And, having meditated on the Scriptures above, I hope we can all see ourselves, coming to King Jesus’ table, to partake of the fullness of life offered by our Savior.
And if any of us feel that life is bleak and barren, I pray we come to realize the abundance we have in our relationship with our Lord, the King, Who daily invites us to let Him in so that He can dine with us at His table.
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My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh Abba Father, ... thank You, Jesus, … for inviting us in to dine with Your … FOREVER giving us the abundance of Your providence.
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My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... I pray, Lord, that all reading here will join me today, to sit and dine at the King’s table. Amen
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