Big Kid's Food

Doesn't look like much. Just a piece of bread and a little bit of wine. Hardly a banquet in our eyes. But in the hands of God, it's big kid's food! It's a fair statement that none can deny - we all started out this life as babies. Baby's first meal is her mother's milk. As she grows and develops she moves from a taste for milk, to hunger for soft cereal, unidentifiable "vegetables",Cheerios, hot dogs and eventually a big, juicy steak! Read Psalm 23 - familiar words for us - but read them with the eyes of a "foodie". You'll notice the images at the beginning, of green grass and still water - the infant food of the faith. God leads us to the green grass of the Gospel and to the still waters of our Baptism. God feeds His youngest children in the most simple faith that He is our Shepherd, the one who restores our soul, leading us in lives that mirror His beautiful promise - to make us righteous from the inside out! As we walk the path of life - the one that is the ever present shadow of death, we know that our God who has provided for us continues to guide and protect His children of faith. The rod and staff, the discipline of God is preparation for a greater meal, which He Himself had promised to prepare. The table set before us is a banquet - a banquet that stands between us and the enemy to our soul. The table is a cross. The food, simple bread and wine, yet it's big kid's food. To think that we could apprehend the eternal meal of Jesus' own body and blood, given and shed for us, without having first the faith in a leading, sheltering and providing God is foolishness. Just as it is foolishness to question what Jesus means when He says "take, eat, this is my body" and "drink of it, all of you, for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins." This cup overflows all the days of our lives for we who believe that the promises of God are eternal! Friends, step up to the big kid's table, and feast on forgiveness as Jesus has won forgiveness for you!