Charles Haddon Spurgeon's Morning Devotional For Wednesday October 16, 2019 |
Morning Time: 8:48 AM PST
"Jesus saith unto them, Come and dine." --John 21:12
In these words the believer is invited to a holy nearness to Jesus. "Come and
dine," implies the same table, the same meat; ay, and sometimes it means to sit
side by side, and lean our head upon the Saviour's bosom. It is being brought
into the banqueting-house, where waves the banner of redeeming love. "Come and
dine," gives us a vision of union with Jesus, because the only food that
we can feast upon when we dine with Jesus is Himself. Oh, what union is
this! It is a depth which reason cannot fathom, that we thus feed upon Jesus.
"He that eateth My flesh, and drinketh My blood, dwelleth in Me, and I in him."
It is also an invitation to enjoy fellowship with the saints. Christians
may differ on a variety of points, but they have all one spiritual appetite; and
if we cannot all feel alike, we can all feed alike on the bread of
life sent down from heaven. At the table of fellowship with Jesus we are one
bread and one cup. As the loving cup goes round we pledge one another heartily
therein. Get nearer to Jesus, and you will find yourself linked more and more in
spirit to all who are like yourself, supported by the same heavenly manna. If we
were more near to Jesus we should be more near to one another. We likewise see
in these words the source of strength for every Christian. To look at
Christ is to live, but for strength to serve Him you must "come and dine." We
labour under much unnecessary weakness on account of neglecting this percept of
the Master. We none of us need to put ourselves on low diet; on the contrary, we
should fatten on the marrow and fatness of the gospel that we may accumulate
strength therein, and urge every power to its full tension in the Master's
service. Thus, then, if you would realize nearness to Jesus, union
with Jesus, love to His people and strength from Jesus, "come and
dine" with Him by faith.
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