April 24 – May 1, 2026

JESUS IS SEATED AT YOUR TABLE

Jeremiah 33:3 “Call to me…and I will tell you great and mighty things which you do not know!” (NASB)

Every day when you wake up, Jesus is seated at your table. A chair is slightly pulled out, a reserved card in front of your place setting, reserved just for you. Jesus has even provided the food: The Bread of Life! Fresh, hot, and filling! Jesus hears your alarm go off. He waits with heightened expectation for you to join Him at the table. But how many times do you walk right past and just keep on going with no regard? “Sorry Jesus, I just don’t have time. Gotta get to work! The kids are late for school. Jesus, I’m just too tired today. Talk to you later, I promise!” Or you run up to the table and grab the benefits of the meal without accepting the invitation? Without respecting the King? Grab a piece of bread and something to drink and run out the door! And leave Him, still sitting at the table.

God’s plan from the very beginning was that we would never have to go through this life alone. There is a desire within every person to share their dreams, innermost thoughts and deepest needs. When a wife says to her husband, “Talk to me!” she is pleading for intimacy. She wants to hear his heart. And she wants him to listen to hers. Maybe some of you guys are thinking, “Oh, it’s a chick thing!” NO, it’s a GOD thing because God wants the same thing from you! If God is a God of relationship, and He is, then why do we not think He would be saying the same thing to us? “Talk to me! Listen to Me! Tell Me what is going on in your life! Let Me in and I’ll help you deal with this!”

Jesus knows what our hearts are clothed in. Every day Jesus invites us to the table. If we spend time with Him, if we talk with Him, He will reveal things to us—unforgiveness, unbelief or other sin in our hearts and He’ll tell us what to do to get rid of them. He will also reveal His love for us, His acceptance of us, and His plans for us.

Aren’t you excited to find out what God has to say? He calls us. Daily He creates a setting for us to come. It’s up to us to accept His invitation. 

 

This is an excerpt from a 90-day devotional written by Emil and Karen. To order the full devotional, click on the TO ORDER DEVOTIONAL page.