The Lord spoke to me about writing about “sitting at the table” a while ago- after writing “It’s all about Identity”. Sad to say in my disobedience, I am just now doing what He called me to do. Lord forgive me for my delayed obedience which is the same as disobedience. Thank you for Your grace and mercy each day.

The Lord revealed to me that while I’m gaining a head knowledge of my identity in who He says I am and the blessing of how He sees me…as His beloved child whom He’s given special and unique gifts/callings for use in His Kingdom plan, I have not really taken my seat at the table. I find it so much easier to guide others to His table and assure them of His unconditional and unchanging love for them. I’ll even pull out their chair to help them sit at the right hand of the Father and encourage them in their gifting as they walk with the Lord. He showed me that I “know” Him and am trying to walk in relationship with Him through efforts of my own. He showed me, I have a hard time “receiving” what He has freely given for me and I need to receive my seat at the table and allow Him to do His work. Don’t get me wrong, I do the things I do with a heart desiring to please Him and honor Him, but if I am closed off to receiving, then His power cannot flow through me. In essence I am sitting in judgement of myself. It’s as if I’m saying His blood is good enough for everyone but me? How crazy is that!? I’m grateful for a patient and loving God who has lifted the blinders from my eyes and is walking me through this realization. So Lord “how do I receive it?! The response I sensed was “with open arms, an open heart and gratitude. Receive it with eyes to see and ears to hear others as I do”. To realize and receive allows others the opportunity to be a blessing to me. Someone once said to me that when I can’t receive something from another, I rob them of their opportunity to be a blessing and to experience the joy that comes from blessing others. That really resonated with me because I love to bless others.

To sit at the Lord’s table means to truly recognize the power of the blood of Jesus and all he gave us when He died on the cross. His blood covered all sins that they would no longer be remembered for those that repent. “For I will remember their sins no more” Hebrews 8:12 NASB. No longer would annual sacrifices be needed to cover sin as in the Old Testament. This allows God to see us only through the lens of Jesus’ shed blood- whole and restored. This gives us the ability to boldly approach Him without sham or condemnation. We have been made righteous through the blood of Jesus.

Righteous according to the dictionary app- “characterized by uprightness or morality”. Uprightness is defined as “raised or directed vertically or upward”. Morality is defined as “of moral conduct” and moral is defined as “the distinction between right or wrong”. Our righteousness-given to us by the blood of Jesus and acceptance of Him as our Savior is the reason we have a seat of honor at the right hand of God. All we have to do is “believe” AND “receive”. Lord I pray a blessing over each person reading this post and I pray they receive and take their seat at the table and don’t just lead others there as I have been guilty of doing. Thank you for lifting the blinders from my eyes!! Amen