“Come and have breakfast.”
My P.E. teacher in college always stressed that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. “Breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, dinner like a pauper.” I confess I have not followed those words too well.
What Christ established for us in that simple breakfast was a type of what he would convey before His ascension. A new day, a new meal, a new world. That’s the slogan of the New Covenant. And this is where we are gathered. Here we are in this new day, called the Lord’s Day; the day set aside by God for his people to come and gather and worship. A new meal: a glorified feast to partake of the One who is our bread and our wine. A new creation: the celebration of God’s people in a world where death is no longer king, but is a slave to the king of life, Jesus Christ. This risen King says to us, “come and eat.” The fire of the Spirit is here. Come and find warmth in Me, for my yoke is easy and my burden is light. Come and eat!
