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The Table
Mistakes happen. Most of us don't set out to mess things up. But. Most of us know that we are faulty. Those of us don' know, just don't know. That doesn't excuse anything, but it does explain a lot. That's one of the reasons we gather around the table that Jesus invites us to. There is room for us at the table.
The table is not set for the performers, the flawless, those who always get it right. Aside from the realization that the table would be quite small if that was the case, that is not what the table is about. It is a table that is all about grace. What is served there is brokenness and investment that is beyond what we can imagine, in an atmosphere of gratitude and humility. That is the table we are invited to and gather around.
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Ephesians 2:1-10
(NIV)
As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, 2 in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient. 3 All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our flesh and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath. 4 But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, 5 made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved. 6 And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, 7 in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus. 8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9 not by works, so that no one can boast. 10 For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
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