“How do you plan to commune with God today?

Of all the means God could have used, prayer seems the weakest, slipperiest, and easiest to ignore. So it is, unless Jesus was right in that most baffling claim. He went away for our sakes, as a form of power sharing, to invite us into direct communion with God and to give us a crucial role in the struggle against the forces of evil.” -Philip Yancey

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After reading this quote above I felt the Holy Spirit say “How do you plan to commune with God today?”

Truth is I don’t do a good job of setting the table to connect with God throughout my day. I have a pretty good rhythm of morning devotion time with the Lord— but throughout the day I constantly forget to tune back into what God is up to.

This reminds me of when I was responsible for setting the table before a meal as a kid. I remember my mom giving us that regular responsibility of a few staples items too place on the table…the napkins, utensils, plates…etc and then as a part of setting the table we were to get everyones drinks too. I remember when my Grandaddy came over he loved sweet tea with his meal. Not like half & half sugar like that deep south style—where sugar is the main ingredient. Grandmother on the other hand wanted unsweet tea. Mom always liked water and Dad also wanted tea. And then all the kids got water…always water. Though I eventually memorized what each persons preferred to drink, I still always went around and asked every adult what they preferred.

Kind of funny what we learn as kids and remember. But as I’ve been processing what it means “to set the table" for communion with God, I think it means to invite Him to an already set table. Where He has what He desires and then communion begins.

So simply the question I think we need to ask is; “How are you setting the table to meet with God”?

Are you rushing to put the utensils out and figure out His drink order and then sitting anxiously waiting for Him to arrive?

Or

Do you even wait or do you rush out before He arrives?

Or

Are you sitting at the table that’s completely empty and so unaware that He’s sitting right there with you, not at all ashamed of the little of yourself you had to bring to the table?

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There’s a lot of ways we arrive at the table to be with the Lord. But the truth is when we decide to meet with Him— He is pleased. The God that He is, is relational. Always and forever inching His way closer to us. He wants to meet with you, however that looks like. Whether there is an elaborate table & meal or if there’s just a floor that your seated on waiting for Him.

It’s not about the meal or the nice table setting—it’s that you invite Him to come and meet with you.