Preparing a feast prepares us. Feasts require sacrifice. It takes effort and generosity to lavish a table with linens, fat, and sweet. But feasting reminds us of the abundance of our Father who made us. He is no skinflint. There is no stinginess in Him.
"It was largesse that made us all; we were not created to fast forever." -- Robert Farrar Capon
God set a table for us because He wanted to. He wasn't obligated to have us over. He didn't need the company. He invited us over because He wanted to and He prepares a feast for us that we might taste and see His goodness.
"Nourishment is necessary only for a while; what we shall need forever is taste."
-- Robert Farrar Capon
We need good food to keep us alive, but more importantly, we need it to keep us alive long enough to learn how to truly live. Food not only provides the fuel to keep going, but it provides more time to learn what's worth going on for. Nourishment is necessary for now because nourishment gives us enough time to develop taste.
Psalm 34:8
O taste and see that the Lord is good.
Food is grace, but taste is grace upon grace. It is good to be kept alive, but better to enjoy the life you're living. The meal is a gift, but the ability to appreciate it is an additional present.
Ecclesiastes 2:24
There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God.
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