TO EAT A MEAL WITH JESUS IS AN AWESOME EXPERIENCE

Paul says: “All who are led by God’s Spirit - Breath are God’s sons. For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to bring you back again into fear; on the contrary, you received the Spirit, that makes us sons and by whose power we cry out, “Abba!” (that is, “Dear Father!”). God's Spirit - Breath bears witness with our own spirits that we are children of God; and if we are children, then we are also heirs, heirs of God and joint-heirs with the Messiah; provided we are suffering with him in order also to be glorified with him.” (Romans 8:15-17).

God by His Spirit - Breath assures us that He is our loving Father and that He feels no anger toward us though we have sinned and failed him so many times. Our well-deserved punishment has been completely borne by Jesus on the cross, where by his shed blood he became a sin-offering sacrifice. 

Therefore, there is no longer any condemnation awaiting those who are in union with the Messiah Jesus. (Romans 8:1) As a loving Father, Yehovah will discipline His children, but not in a judicial way. His chastening is done in love for our good that we may become like the Messiah in every area of our lives.

During quiet times of fellowship, the enabling power of God's Spirit -Breath makes His love real, not just in our heads, but also in our hearts. When God’s Spirit - Breath is flowing through us, we have rest and peace. We know that if we are totally committed to loving Yehovah with all our hearts, we will always have acceptance before Him in the Messiah Jesus. We are secure in what Jesus the Messiah did for us on the cross, and we can approach God with boldness - confidence.

There are times, though, when we get out of sync with God; when we don’t have the kind of fellowship that he longs for and we ourselves need. During those moments, I am reminded of the church in Laodicea. Jesus told them: “Here, I’m standing at the door, knocking. If someone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he will eat with me. I will let him who wins the victory sit with me on my throne, just as I myself also won the victory and sat down with my Father on his throne. (Revelation 3:20-21).

When Jesus requested to share a meal with them, he was speaking of his desire for fellowship with those in the Laodicean church, who would repent of their lukewarm attitude toward him, and zealously obey his words. 

Imagine sitting down for a meal with our Messiah. What an intimate and glorious time that would be! However, we don’t have to imagine what that meal might be like. That kind of fellowship is available to us at any moment, at any time, through the Spirit, when we eat the words his God and Father gave to him to give to us. We only need to knock and he will open the door to us, enabling us to fellowship with him!