So much of the Bible revolves around sharing meals together. Adam and Eve started it off by sharing the wrong food, opting to eat what looked good but wasn't good for them spiritually. Then God fed the Israelites manna in the wilderness. Moses and some of the elders dined with God on Mt. Sinai. Elijah was fed by the ravens in the wilderness. Jesus fed several large crowds miraculously.
Here's Jesus, inviting the disciples into a new kind of meal, one that symbolizes the type of community the church is -- one that is formed around Jesus himself. He is the sustenance that we need, he is the one that binds us together. We cannot survive without the nourishment that he brings, which he gladly pours out for us so that we might be sustained and redeemed.
I don't know that we think about Jesus like this, as something that we need every day. We likely focus more on breakfast, lunch, and dinner. May we wisely recognize the food that our souls need to survive the journey, and make time every day to sit and dine with Jesus.
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