The Table
Oh how we love our smorgasbords with lots of tasty treats
Variety in everything we love to smell and eat
From meats and flowing vegetables to sweets that tempt the eyes
There's rarely anything we see that comes as a surprise
But smorgasbords though tempting with their great variety
With all the lovely dishes just as far as one can see
Hold nothing in comparison to what God has in mind
Displayed within the Bread of Life we're likely there to find
For scriptures are a table spread with food beyond belief
With all those tasty morsels God's designed for our relief
From hunger even famine that is starving worldly souls
When God has great abundance in His Word to make men whole
But all of that abundance must be served by One Who can
Decipher its ingredients and help us understand
The beauty and benevolence that's hiding there inside
For those who let His Spirit lead and be their faithful Guide
And when that great abundance is displayed for us to see
It then behooves each person to reveal integrity
And pass on to another all the good things we have found
The way we share the victuals when we pass the food around
And sometimes when we're passing to another by our side
We see they are disabled by some problem they can't hide
And then must choose to help them or just let the food pass bye
Not taking time to listen to the depth of their soul cry
But if we truly love our neighbor as we love ourselves
We'll stop the food procession for the sake of someone else
If helping them will save them for that banquet up above
The way our Saviour wants us to when we reveal His love
That brings us to the table where we have no right to be
Except by grace that paid that Price upon that cruel tree
That brings the bread of heaven everyday for us to eat
When we in humble posture kneel in prayer not on our feet
And ask the Lord to show us all the goodness that's in store
For those who love and serve Him giving all we have and more
As God will fill our cup proportionate to what we share
The way He does through Jesus when He shows how much He cares
1 Corinthians 2:9-14; Amos 8:11; Matthew 25:34-40
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