Scripture: Isaiah 25:6
On this mountain the Lord of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wines, of rich food filled with marrow, of well-aged wines strained clear.
Thought for the Day: This is one of the early images where we find the breathtaking word ALL. As I’ve said before in a devotional – my colleague in ministry, Rev. Glen Miles, continually reminds us that the word we translate as ALL means ALL. In this eschatological image – in this expression of the fullness of time – there is a welcome feast on the mountain of the Lord that has seating for all…for every last one of us. In our world defined entirely by unyielding boundaries that we have created – boundaries that determine who is in and who is out, who is good and who is bad, who is a child of God and who is not – God shakes apart every aspect of that mindset with a single word. We may disagree with one another. We may be at odds with others in regard to some topic, but instead of categorizing the opposing opinion and the person who holds it as evil or demonic or ungodly, maybe we should picture that person’s place at the feast of the Lord. I may still disagree with some folks, but it is hard to toss them aside as nothing if I realize that I just might be seated next to them at the great banquet feast.
Prayer: God of the amazing and unconditional ALL, I give you thanks this day. My gratitude spills forth as I embrace my inclusion within your ALL. Amen.
