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Morning and Evening

October 16, Morning

C. H. Spurgeon · Modern retelling

"Jesus saith unto them, Come and dine." — John 21:12 · KJV

In these words the believer is invited to a holy nearness to Jesus. "Come and dine" implies the same table, the same food — yes, and sometimes it means to sit side by side, and lean our head on the Savior's breast. It is being brought into the banqueting house, where waves the banner of redeeming love. "Come and dine" gives us a vision of union with Jesus, for the only food we can feast on when we dine with Jesus is Himself. Oh, what union this is! It is a depth reason cannot fathom, that we thus feed on Jesus. "He that eateth My flesh, and drinketh My blood, dwelleth in Me, and I in him." It is also an invitation to enjoy fellowship with the saints. Christians may differ on a variety of points, but they all have one spiritual appetite; and if we cannot all feel alike, we can all feed alike on the bread of life sent down from heaven. At the table of fellowship with Jesus we are one bread and one cup; as the loving cup goes round, we heartily pledge one another. Get nearer to Jesus, and you will find yourself linked more and more in spirit to all who are like yourself, sustained by the same heavenly manna. If we were nearer to Jesus, we would be nearer to one another. We see in these words, too, the source of strength for every Christian. To look at Christ is to live, but for strength to serve Him you must "come and dine." We labor under much needless weakness because we neglect this precept of the Master. None of us needs to put himself on a low diet; on the contrary, we should feed on the marrow and fatness of the gospel, that we may gather strength from it and stretch every power to its full in the Master's service. So then, if you would know nearness to Jesus, union with Jesus, love to His people, and strength from Jesus, "come and dine" with Him by faith.