In George MacDonald’s The Princess and Curdie, Curdie arrives at a city, and the city is described as a place where certain quacks advertise pills to enable people to think well of themselves. If you take this pill, you will get a boost of self-confidence; all your doubts and fears will go away. But, of course, this is a charlatan trickery, George MacDonal’d version of prosperity preachers.
In the City of God, no pills are required. We may struggle with our self-worth, and we may live our lives in doubt of who we are, who we intend to be, and where we are going, but the Gospel re-arranges all these things in the person of Jesus. Christ is our worth, our life and our intentions and future are wrapped up in him.
The Supper is not a pill to boost your self-confidence. On the contrary, the Supper is the objective proof of our confidence. Today, we come to this table because we live in a post-resurrection world. Christ has died! Christ is risen! Christ will come again! We do not come to a table of fear but a table of empty-tomb joy! So, welcome to the resurrection table!
