# 477 - Today's Living Word comes from Mr 7:27 But Jesus said to her, "Let the children be filled first, for it is not good to take the children's bread and throw it to the little dogs."
As I read this account of bread and table, I cannot help but think of the Lord's Supper. What an amazing right has been given to us Gentile dogs that we should be allowed to dine at this table. “But to all who did receive Him, who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God. (Jn 1:12)
We have moved from the status of house dog to children of the King! The table was set by God for the Jews, but they rejected the Bread of Life and God in His foreknowledge has by grace through faith given us the privilege of partaking in His heavenly food. Rom 11:11 says, “Rather through their trespass (the Jewish rejection of Jesus as their Messiah) salvation has come to the Gentiles, so as to make Israel jealous.”
I wonder, do we Christians make ANYONE jealous of the peace, forgiveness, and joy granted to us by faith in Christ, much less the Jews? Jealousy is aroused when someone else possesses something you wish you had.
What does our attitude toward the Bread of Life (Jesus) say to those not seated at the table? Would anyone observing us, desire this Bread? Desire this life? This Bread satisfies our need for fellowship with God through the forgiveness of our sins!
Let us learn to live in thankfulness as we treasure Him, perhaps others will see and desire and we will have opportunity to share the delectable Bread of Life with them.
I'm Duane Matz and that's Today's Living Word
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