Dining With JesusSample

A Place at His Table

The Last Supper is more than a final meal between friends; it is a moment of deep spiritual and theological meaning. As Jesus breaks the bread and pours the wine by linking the bread with His body and the wine with His blood, He invites His followers to remember Him, and to connect their story with His every time they gather around a table.

Religions and philosophies often create systems that feel distant or exclusive. Jesus, in contrast, takes the simplest, most ordinary things like bread, wine, a shared meal, and transforms them into a meeting place with God. He brings His presence into the center of our everyday lives, making remembrance of Him tangible, physical, and real.

As N. T. Wright observes: “When Jesus himself wanted to explain to his disciples what his forthcoming death was all about, he didn’t give them a theory, he gave them a meal.” It’s no accident that the heart of Church life is a meal. Jesus calls us to remember Him not with words alone, but through the shared experience of eating together.

If you sit down to a meal today, consider pausing to recognize Jesus in your midst. A simple prayer of thanks, or grace, can turn ordinary meals into moments of encounter with Him. Grace is not merely a ritual; it is an invitation to receive the goodness of God poured out in Jesus.

As theologian Peter Leithart reminds us: “Each mouthful is a reminder that we cannot save ourselves. We eat bread, rather than merely say words, to remember that we rely on his grace afresh each day, just as we rely on our daily bread.”

Prayer

Jesus, help me remember Your love poured out for me in every moment. Meet me in the ordinary, and turn every meal into a place of Your presence. Teach me to rely on Your grace as daily as I depend on bread. May my heart never forget the gift of Your life given for mine.

In Your name, I pray.
Amen.