When God Feels Silent: An Invitation to the Table.

 

Have you ever found yourself wondering why God seems to delay? Why doesn’t He step in and deal with the enemy swiftly? Why, if He has prepared a table before us (Psalm 23:5), do we still face pain, disappointment, shame, or defeat?

These are honest questions, and many believers wrestle with them.

But here’s a truth we must hold on to: God is sovereign. He does all things according to His will and divine timing. What feels like a delay to us is often preparation in His eyes. He is not slow; He is purposeful and on time.

Too often, we are consumed by the demands of daily life — work, relationships, responsibilities — that we miss the gentle, consistent invitation God extends to us each day: the invitation to fellowship, In fellowship God strengthen us to deal with Life challenges, suddenly most of the challenges we face seem small because we rely on him to sort it out, Most times The Lord does take away the pain immediately He strengthen in the process then deal with it. .

Jesus illustrates this in the parable of the great banquet in Luke 14:16–19:

“A certain man gave a great supper and invited many. At the time of the banquet, he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’ But they all alike began to make excuses. One said, ‘I have just bought a field, and I must go see it.’ Another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I’m on my way to try them out.’”

This parable mirrors our response to God today. We long for His blessings — the "supper" — but often make excuses when He calls us to the table of communion. We desire power without presence, breakthrough without intimacy, results without relationship.

Yet even with our excuses, God continues to call. He knows the jobs we’re juggling and the responsibilities we carry. Still, His desire remains the same: that we come and dine with Him.

He has prepared a table — rich with wisdom, peace, strength, and spiritual nourishment. I come as a messenger today, reminding you that. The invitation still stands.

The question is not whether God has prepared the table. He has.

The question is: Will we come?

Let us be a people who say “yes” to God’s invitation. 

Let us not be too busy to fellowship with the One who holds the answers we seek. 

For in His presence, we find not only the meal, but the miracle.

Stay revived!