God Always Makes a Place for You

We eat three meals a day, more or less. Hundreds a year. Thousands in a lifetime. And in the midst of all this routine opening the fridge, heating the pan, plating the food it’s easy to forget what’s truly happening: God is setting the table again.

For many of us, meals come with such frequency and predictability that they barely register as remarkable. We eat while driving, scrolling, or rushing out the door. But Psalm 104 doesn’t let food pass unnoticed. It sings:

“You cause the grass to grow for the livestock and plants for man to cultivate, that he may bring forth food from the earth and bread to strengthen man’s heart” (Psalm 104:14–15).

Bread. Not just nourishment, but evidence of divine care. Daily provision isn’t just practical it’s miraculous.

The Quiet Miracle

In parts of the world where food is uncertain, the prayer “Give us this day our daily bread” (Matthew 6:11) carries a different weight. It is not a liturgical habit but a desperate plea. And when the bread does come, it’s received with trembling gratitude. But many of us, blessed with full pantries and quick deliveries, grow numb to the wonder.

We forget that food is no footnote. Jesus didn’t. In the Lord’s Prayer in just a few concise lines. He moves from the reaches of heaven to the bread on our table. From “Hallowed be your name” to “Give us this day our daily bread.” The same God who governs galaxies also ensures there’s bread in the oven.

Bites That Preach

God designed food to do more than fill our stomachs. Each bite can be a sermon telling us about His creativity, His provision, and His presence. Joe Rigney captures it well in The Things of Earth: “The variety of tastes creates categories and gives us edible images of divine things.”

Food is God’s idea. The tongue that tastes, the brain that delights, the stomach that fills all His craftsmanship. The next time you crunch into something sweet or sip something warm, remember: the enjoyment itself is part of the gift. He created flavor not out of necessity, but generosity.

And He created hunger not only as a biological signal, but as a spiritual metaphor. Hunger is a holy invitation. A daily parable of deeper need. As Rigney puts it, “Our sense of hunger and thirst are divinely designed to highlight the soul’s hunger for spiritual food.”

Meals as Ministry

Beyond enjoyment, meals are fuel literal strength for the body. God gives us food not just for comfort, but for mission. We are not kept alive just to eat again. We eat to live for Him.

“So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God” (1 Corinthians 10:31). The dinner table is a place of worship. The sandwich you packed is an act of grace. The midnight snack, the rushed breakfast, the lingering Sunday lunch all of it points to the One who sustains.

Jesus didn’t shy away from food’s importance. He ate with sinners. He multiplied loaves. He made breakfast on the beach. He called Himself “the bread of life” (John 6:35). And in the Upper Room, He chose a meal to signify the new covenant the bread, His body broken; the cup, His blood poured out (1 Corinthians 11:24–25).

He Is the Feast

Psalm 73:26 offers this soul-nourishing truth: “My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.” More than the plate, He is our portion. More than the bread, He is our sustenance. More than the meal, He is the banquet.

Every meal, then, is both provision and pointer. It tells us God is near. He sees. He gives. And He is preparing us for something even greater.

“Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb” (Revelation 19:9). One day, the mundane meals will give way to majesty the eternal table, the heavenly feast, with Jesus Himself presiding.

Until then, don’t overlook the mystery hidden in your next bite. It may seem routine, but it is divine. He who clothes the lilies and feeds the sparrows has remembered you again.

So slow down. Say grace. And as you chew, remember who made this moment and what it’s ultimately for.

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