We will end this section on Sabbath with a short chapter ending note directed to all who live by the promise of this rest we are handed by our Lord.
As you come to the table, expect yourself to be subverted by abundance, and by freedom and by truth and by hope...
This is God's gift. This is the reality of the Reign of God when we also live within the world of the powers that attempt to reign over us. We we come to the table of the Lord's Supper, we are taking part in the subversive Reign that becomes more than just a meal. It becomes for us - our life. Within this life we can be assured in all times that there will be enough - for our God is one who fills lives to overflowing. Does this mean "cash" is coming our way? No. It means our God of abundance, who creates all things -even when there appears to be nothing from which anything can be made- will provide for life that will bring rest and satisfy our wounded lives. It is within the promise of that abundance that we experience freedom from those "brick yards" of oppression that always attempt to reestablish themselves over us. When we are certain of God's gift of life, our lives and our tongues and our actions are set free to live as though there is one Lord, one God. Out of this present Reign, we are then able to walk out into a future of promise that bids us to come and rest - come and live. This simply may be a symbolic meal to some. And yet, for me, it is the promise alive and the life available and the community ready to live together through all things.
Connection: As this day goes on the way it usually moves, remember that we have come from a table that sets up life in a new way and in a new order. From that position of hope, live!
Lord of the Table of Life, we are moved by your love and we leap into your future already aware of how you shape what will be. Grant us the courage to abide within the promises of your Reign. Amen.
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