I came to His table hurting.
Kneeling before Him I cried out,
“Lord…I need more of You. Fill me with more of Your Spirit. Fill my hurting soul with more of Your Spirit of peace and truth.”
As I opened my hands to receive an outpouring from Him I felt the tears begin to fall. Trying to push them down I cried out again…
“Lord, fill me with Your Spirit. I need more of You. I don’t want to feel the pain…I just want to feel Your presence – Your peace.”
He whispered…
“I know. But to make room for more of Me, there are some things that need to come out. You keep pushing them down so you don’t have to feel them, face them or understand them. It’s time to feel them and let Me touch them. With My touch comes healing. With my healing comes more of Me in you.”
What needs to come out so you can be filled with more of Him.
Have you ever had a child run to you with a wound that needs to be cleaned and tended to so it can heal? They run to you with tears streaming asking you to make it better. But when you reach out to touch it and do the work required to make it better, they pull back and cry out, “Don’t touch it. Don’t touch it!”
It’s like that!
The things that hurt so deeply within us are the things we want to avoid talking about because we’d rather limp with the wounds than face the pain of letting them come to the surface.
But God. He patiently waits for us to choose His healing touch.
And when we’re ready to let go of the things we want to hide from Him or the things we want to press down and not face… He comes in with His healing touch.
- It may require some heart breaking conversations at His table for two
- It may stir up pain from the past that we never let Him heal
- It may require some repentance
But we enter into this healing conversation not condemned and shackled with shame. We enter it covered in the saving and redeeming blood of Christ.
Jesus is calling us into this healing conversation with God – His hand outstretched… “Come. Sit with the Father. He wants to give you rest from the burdens you carry.”
Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.
Matthew 11:28-30
Come to His table for two.
It’s time to talk.
Use these questions to chat with God. Let Him bring you into a closer relationship with Him.
- What’s pressing in on you right now?
- What hurt or anxiety or heartbreak do you wish would just go away?
- What do you want to tell God without fear of judgment?
- What’s keeping you from letting God get closer on these things?
- What is taking space in your thoughts and heart that isn’t from God?
- How can you trust Him enough to let Him fill those spaces?
- Matthew 11:24
- Romans 15:13
- Psalm 143:8
- Ephesians 1:7-8
Journal the Word
Rewrite the featured verse as a conversation. Use your answers to the questions above to help craft your conversation and/or guide you to the conversation style that fits.
Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.
Matthew 11:28-30
Write it as a proclamation from you to God. Claim His truth as your truth. Use personalizing words like I, I will, I do, I am, I have…. Use words of gratitude, claiming His truth in your life.
EX:
Lord – I come to you weary of [___________] and burdened by [___________]. Help me rest in You. I seek Your gentle words of healing and cry out for the rest only You can bring to my soul.
Write it as an exhortation from God to you. Where it makes sense, replace pronouns with your name, just as He would if He were writing these words to you in a letter.
EX.
[your name], I know the burdens you carry. I see the weariness of your soul. Let me give you rest. [your name], find rest in my gentle and humble love for you. Sit with Me, let me pour into you all you need to know so you may walk in My strength and peace.
Write it as a conversation. Journal both sides of the conversation – you write your thoughts, then listen to what God says in response and write it. Consider using two pen colors (one for you and one for God). NOTE: This requires a meditative state. Give yourself a quiet place with time to listen at His table.
No example…jump in and give it a try. It’s just you and God. Enjoy the conversation!
“Conversations at a Table for Two: Feeding a Hungry Soul”
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I loved the analogy with the child. That is exactly how it is. Don’t touch my sensitive space! All He wants to do it apply the necessary ointments and cover us so we can repent, heal, and be set free! This was so good!