October 16 Morning Devotional | Breakfast With Jesus | Morning and Evening by Charles Spurgeon

Morning, October 16 | “Jesus said to them, “Come and have breakfast.”” —John 21:12 (NASB)

This Morning's Scripture Reading: John 21:12-14 (NASB)

Jesus said to them, “Come and have breakfast.” None of the disciples ventured to question Him, “Who are You?” knowing that it was the Lord. Jesus came and took the bread and gave it to them, and the fish likewise. This is now the third time that Jesus was manifested to the disciples, after He was raised from the dead.

Devotional Transcript:

In these words, the believer is invited to a holy nearness to Jesus. “Come and dine,” (KJV) implies the same table, the same meat; and sometimes it means to sit side by side, and lean our head upon the Savior’s bosom. It is being brought into the banqueting house, where waves the banner of redeeming love.

“Come and dine,” gives us a vision of union with Jesus, because the only food that we can feast upon when we dine with Jesus is himself. Oh, what union is this! It is a depth which reason cannot fathom, that we thus feed upon Jesus. “He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood abides in Me, and I in him.” (John 6:56 NASB)

It is also an invitation to enjoy fellowship with the saints. Christians may differ on a variety of points, but they have all one spiritual appetite; and if we cannot all feel alike, we can all feed alike on the bread of life sent down from heaven. At the table of fellowship with Jesus, we are one bread and one cup. As the loving cup goes round we pledge one another heartily therein. Get nearer to Jesus, and you will find yourself linked more and more in spirit to all who are like yourself, supported by the same heavenly manna. If we were more near to Jesus we should be more near to one another.

We likewise see in these words the source of strength for every Christian.
To look at Christ is to live, but for strength to serve him you must “come and dine.” We labor under much unnecessary weakness on account of neglecting this perception of the Master. None of us need to put ourselves on low diet; on the contrary, we should fatten on the marrow and fatness of the gospel that we may accumulate strength therein, and urge every power to its full tension in the Master’s service. Then, if you would realize nearness to Jesus, union with Jesus, love to his people, and strength from Jesus, “Come and have breakfast” with him by faith.

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