{"id":2898,"date":"2016-04-17T16:35:44","date_gmt":"2016-04-17T16:35:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baonline.cog7engage.net\/?p=2898"},"modified":"2023-08-29T11:19:23","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T17:19:23","slug":"nourishment-for-the-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baonline.cog7engage.net\/nourishment-for-the-journey\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Nourishment for the Journey&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">by Tim Youngs<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When\u00a0I\u2019m on a road trip with my family, it\u2019s important to me as the driver to take breaks to refresh myself and get an energy boost. It is imperative that I nourish my physical body and maintain an alert mind for safety on the road. With my mind and body strengthened, my family and I can continue our trip. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On our journeys as believers in Christ, how is our spiritual nourishment? Are we dining at the table God has prepared?\u00a0Or have we resigned ourselves to eating leftovers? Are we being filled by God, or are we eating whatever\u2019s available? Are we content with what God has provided, or are we hungry for distractions?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Paul addresses this potential problem when he quotes David\u2019s prophecy of Messiah\u2019s rejection: \u201cLet their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a recompense to them\u201d (Romans 11:9; Psalm 69:22, NKJV throughout). Israel denied Christ. It had been so long since they\u2019d had true nourishment, they couldn\u2019t recognize His food when it was set in front of them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Malachi 1:7 describes a people who no longer expect or desire great things: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cYou offer defiled food on My altar, but say, \u2018In what way have we defiled You?\u2019 By saying, \u2018The table of the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lord<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is contemptible.\u2019\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> My prayer is that God would help us <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">not<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> be content with lesser food that cannot sustain us for the long journey. May the Lord challenge our spiritual appetites so that we will be alert to the new direction He has for us. May the Lord push us away from our own tables and place us at <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">His table.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As Israel journeyed in the wilderness, God gave instructions to them to build a sanctuary so He might dwell among them (Exodus 25:23-30). In the holy place was the table of showbread with twelve loaves of bread. This was the priestly nourishment God provided for the long journey. And this table was \u201ccontinually set\u201d \u2014 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the new covenant, at the Lord\u2019s Supper, Jesus invites us all to eat at His table both now and in the kingdom (Luke 22:14-30). He is our nourishment: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I am the living bread which came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and the bread that I shall give is My flesh, which I shall give for the life of the world<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201d (John 6:51).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It\u2019s vital for our journey that we partake of this nourishment, not minimizing the significance of eating at the table of Jesus Christ continuously. Hebrews 10:19-25 says that \u201cby the blood of Jesus\u201d we have a \u201cnew and living way.\u201d This \u201cway\u201d is the journey God has called us on. Jesus is this \u201cway,\u201d and our nourishment. He\u2019s given us His life and body, and draws us to His table. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As believers, we sit around the table together, being nourished together, considering each other, and provoking each other to love and good works. In this way we hold each other accountable to the journey. We mustn\u2019t forsake assembling at God\u2019s table, partaking in the life of Christ as one family on the way \u2014 together.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tim Youngs serves at the Jasper, AR CoG7.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Tim Youngs When\u00a0I\u2019m on a road trip with my family, it\u2019s important to me as the driver to take breaks to refresh myself and get an energy boost. It is imperative that I nourish my physical body and maintain an alert mind for safety on the road. 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