You are going on a road trip and stop to fuel up. What do you grab to eat? Slim Jims and Dr. Pepper? Cheese sticks and crackers? Funyuns and Cheerwine? It isn’t a road trip unless you have your favorite food, right?
I love this invitation from Isaiah – come and eat! There is a catch though. This invitation includes a reminder that what you eat is important. You know how you feel after you eat all the crud on a road trip? The same is true for our minds and hearts and souls. “Garbage in, garbage out!” is the way my mom would say it.
Our choices matter. “Eat” the good, rich, life-giving offerings from God. God’s steadfast presence will last much longer than road food fuel.
Fill me up, God, with food that gives me strength to follow you on the path of faith. Amen.