Idols Consume; Our God Feeds

As we come to the Table of our Lord, remember that our God feeds His people.  Jesus is the Good Shepherd, He knows His own and His own know His voice – and they love His voice – for they know He provides for them.

 

There is a radical difference between the Triune God and all idols and it is this:  Idols consume and our God feeds.  Idols are simply creatures falsely treated as gods, they cannot help being just as dependent as all other creatures are – and like all other creatures, they must be fed.  But what do idols eat.  They eat the ones who give themselves to the idol.

 

But what does the true God do?  Our God has no needs.  He is not lacking anything – He is the transcendent, eternal, ever-loving, ever-loved God.  Every created thing is an overflow of His character and being, an overflow of the self-giving love that is God’s eternal character.

 

And this is why those who are in covenant with this Creator-Redeeming God are invited to His Table to partake of Him by faith.  This is our religion:  God gives, we receive.  Come and welcome to Jesus Christ.