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“So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem: for he did eat continually at the king’s table; and was lame on both his feet” (2 Samuel 9:13).
Yesterday we saw how King David wanted to reach out to Saul’s and Jonathan’s descendants and show them kindness. It seems that there was only one relative left, a man lame on both his feet named Mephibosheth. David has him brought and tells him he will restore to him all the land of his father and grandfather. But then he tells him that he will in the future always eat at the king’s table! This chapter in 2 Samuel is only 13 verses long, and yet it talks about eating at the king’s table 4 times. It seems more important than all the land that was being given back to Mephibosheth.
We too are invited to eat at a “King’s” table. We can be “partakers of the Lord’s table” (1 Corinthians 10:21). It is such a wonderful place to which to have an invitation! More wonderful than all our blessings as Christians is the opportunity to have fellowship with the Lord Jesus at His table. And we can share in this every Lord’s Day.
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