In 2012, I had just started writing. In order to learn more, I signed up for a writer’s conference in San Diego. When I checked in at registration, the lady opened my packet and said, “Here’s your invitation to breakfast with author of “The Shack” William Paul Young. Here is your ticket to meet with the most connected man in America, Peter Strople. And here is your invitation to breakfast with church statistician George Barna.” Confused, I told her I didn’t pay for those. She replied,Lowell, they’re in here. Enjoy the blessing.” I honestly felt unworthy of it and tried to reject the offers. There were better writers there, people with thousands more readers and those who would have given anything to sit down with these people. In the end, I accepted the blessing and those meeting changed my life because I sat down at the table with them.
In 2 Samuel 9, King David remembered his promise to Jonathan to take care of his descendants. When he found out Jonathan’s son Mephibosheth was still alive, he sent for him. Mephibosheth was scared because normally kings killed the descendants of other kings, but David assured him he was safe. He had been living in the land of Lo Debar which means “the land of nothing”. Now, David was inviting him to eat at the king’s table. Mephibosheth refused and referred to himself as a dead dog, but David insisted. He then blessed Mephibosheth by giving him all of King Saul’s property and servants to work the fields. Verse 13 says, “So Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem, for he always ate at the king’s table. And he was lame in both feet” (AMP). Instead of disqualifying himself, he accepted the blessing of eating at the king’s table.
Psalm 23:5 says, “You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You have anointed and refreshed my head with oil; My cup overflows.” God has prepared a table full of blessings for you. Have you been disqualifying yourself and missing out on the blessing? We can easily see why others deserve a seat, but we find reasons why we’re not worthy or able to sit at the king’s table. God is bidding you to come and dine. Don’t dismiss the blessings He’s trying to give you. There’s a seat for you that He has prepared. He wants to anoint you, refresh you and cause your cup to overflow. Quit finding reasons to not sit down. It will change your life. Accept the blessings God has for you by telling Him that you want to sit and dine with Him always. He will take you from the land of nothing into a land of abundance when you quit disqualifying yourself and sit at His table.
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Devotions by Chris Hendrix 