What kind of a table do you have in your home? Round or rectangular? Old and shaky? Or, shiny and brand new? It really doesn't matter what it looks like but the important thing is what happens around your table. Your table is the most central piece of furniture in your home.
Did you know that God loves tables? And do you know where they originated? Did you know they go back even further than the Bible?
Yes, they originate in heaven! They are God's idea. God has a table in His heavenly kingdom. When Jesus spoke to His disciples of His home in heaven, He promised them that one day they would "eat and drink at my table in my kingdom" (Luke 22:30). Check out Matthew 8:11 and Luke 13:29, too.
God's picture of a family focuses on them sitting around the table. I like the Living Bible translation of Psalm 128:3, "Your wife shall be contented in your home. And look at all those children! There they sit around the dinner table as vigorous and healthy as young olive trees."
Where are the children? Not sitting in front of TV. Not eating on the run. They are all together around the table. And this next verse says, "Behold, thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the Lord."
It's a picture of the heavenly kingdom. What a blessing to make our homes a taste of heaven on earth now.
Nancy