5/15/22 - Dinner With God - Genesis 18 - Pastor Jason Fritz

When I was in elementary school, there was a special reward for well-behaved kids. One week, I was chosen. One week. The reward was eating lunch with the Principal at his table. This is the guy who is in charge. He has all the power. Even the teachers seem to bow down to him. This was a very special honor in my little 8-year-old mind. Of course, when you get to Junior High, sitting with the Principal is the last thing you want to do. You get beat up for things like this.

So imagine Abram’s delight when he gets to sit with God for a meal. Here’s how it happens... the sun is high and Abram is relaxing in the shade. The morning chores are done and the workers are in their own tents resting in the afternoon before going back to work. Maybe Abram is starting to nod off a little bit when suddenly he sees three strangers standing in front of him. He hadn’t seen them coming, they just kind of appeared out of nowhere.

Abram rushes to serve them because there is something majestic about their presence. We know what he does not. This is God and two of his angels. To eat dinner with another was to say, “We are friends, what’s mine is yours and you have my protection.” What an honor for Abram!

Two thousand years later, Jesus does something similar. He uses himself as a metaphor for spiritual food. Jesus has become very popular at this point in his ministry. He has been feeding large groups of people at a time when many were existing from meal to meal. Therefore, Jesus is providing something valuable. Some are following Him for no other reason than to be fed. So Jesus begins talking about the kind of food that feeds one's soul.

Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst." John 6:35 

Jesus is the spiritual bread that brings us eternal life. When we obey the words of Jesus we are sitting at his table. Are you eating this spiritual bread? If your spiritual life is anemic, consider your diet and consume more bread of life!