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The Rhythm of Eating

We eat in light of our gospel identity, learning that our physical AND spiritual hunger is satisfied in Jesus.

God’s Word—His story—and our lives are filled with eating. On average, we do it three times a day, often oblivious to who ordained and created our hunger and why He chose to create the world this way. God creates us to eat, experience being filled, and then hunger for more again and again and again.

Eating in Light of our Gospel Identities

Eating as a worshipper changes everything. Millions of taste buds and an endless combination of foods and flavors and drink—all for the purpose of glorifying our Creator Father. What if every meal became a worship experience, not of food but the Maker of food? What if eating was not primarily about satisfying ourselves but a gracious reminder from the only One who satisfies? Eating as a learner changes everything. How did Jesus eat? Who did He eat with? How did He enter into the regular celebrations of the culture? How did He use eating and meals for ministry and teaching and evangelism? Why did He fast from eating? How did food compare to the “food of doing the Father’s will?” How does the future coming “feast” of King Jesus inform our eating now? Eating as a missionary changes everything. Missionaries intentionally share meals with those they love and are asking Jesus to transform with the gospel. Missionaries schedule their eating NOT around themselves, but those they are trying to reach. Missionaries practice great hospitality around food and meals. They use food to serve others who may be in a season where they cannot prepare their own food to eat. Eating as a family changes everything. We wait for family, cater to family, share our best with family, and laugh with family over a meal. And what if eating as a family became an opportunity to include others who do not have “family?”