"FEAST FROM THE KINGS TABLE!"

Imagine you are in a palace and there is royalty everywhere. Its a Kings palace! Everything is rich and sparkling and even the air smells like never ending fragrance. I have not been to an earthly palace where an earthly king or queen reside, but I am assuming it is huge and rich with wealth of a kingdom, their kingdom or empire. One thing that does intrigue me would be the food! Think about all the delicious and rich food and drink! The finest in all the land. Why of course wouldn't it be food 'fit for a king'? lol. I'd think so. Now with that picture in mind, imagine being there or invited there and you are seated down on this massive table to have a feast, and then all of a sudden you tell the server (or waiter or whatever you call those who serve in the royal household) that you DON'T want to eat that food and that you would rather have just plain boiled vegetables and water. I mean imagine the look on their faces, and whats more, imagine the look on the faces of the dignitaries. lol.

So where am I going with all this? Well lets jump back in time into the book of Daniel 1. And this is basically the picture of what was happening at that time. Daniel was one of a group of 'chosen' men who were taken to the Kings place and was given instruction to be trained there and eat and drink of the King's table for a period of time, I guess as a training period. You can read the story in https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Daniel%201&version=KJV . But interestingly enough, just like the hypothetical story above, Daniel CHOSE NOT TO defile himself with the portion of the kings meat nor with the wine which he drank.

"But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king's meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself." (Daniel 1:8).

So what did Daniel do? He simply requested that he and his friends be given 'pulse' or 'vegetables' and water for a period of 10 days to see if they would be stronger and healthier than ALL those who ate and drank the Kings meat and drink.

"Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat and water to drink.(Daniel 1:12),"

And in summary, Daniel and his friends were proved 10 days and after having eaten pulse and water, they were found to be fairer in their countenances and fatter in flesh than all the children or those who ate the portion of the kings meat and drink (See Daniel 1:13-15).

So what was it in this 'pulse/vegetables' and 'water' that was so desiring and beneficial to Daniel and his friends? Of course all the 'vegetarians' will say its the health benefits, etc, etc. And YES, while I agree with all that NATURAL stuff, I believe the Lord is showing us another layer of mystery that Daniel and his friends walked in that we can also get to do in this day and age.

In fact, the Lord has shed light on this in such a profound way. See we are living in this day and age like DANIEL. We have the choice to EAT what is GIVEN to us from every direction and from every source. This world is in a way like the 'kings' palace'. The EARTHLY king that is, (the Bible makes reference to the 'prince of this world' (John 14:30) which means of course there has to be a worldly kingdom that the prince is part off too). And in this day we live in, there is so much being said and spoken and fed through different tools on social media, tv, radio, billboards, malls, magazines, newspapers, news channels and even in churches! The question is, ARE YOU GOING TO EAT that MEAT and DRINK THAT DRINK from this earthly realm and ALL it offers? Are you going to be like the rest of the children in Daniels day who stuck to eating the king's meat and drink? Or are you going to 'CHOOSE NOT TO DEFILE YOURSELF like Daniel did and eat 'vegetables and water?" Well ponder on that for a while.

Now you may ask, 'well what is the big deal anyway?' So what if I listen to the news or read it on social media? What is the HARM in that anyway? The answer is simple - what you listen to and see opens a door to receiving those information and images or news, etc. And then when you CONSTANTLY listen and hear these information / news or see it, then you begin to entertain it, and it becomes a part of your heart and in due time you are affected by these information. Its just like you are FEEDING OF THESE FOODS that are offered by the world and the systems of the world. Kind of like 'PROCESSED FOODS'!

You are EATING PROCESSED FOODS when you constantly allow yourself to give ear to the news, media, and all the things that are happening in the world right now. When you find yourself anxious or fearful because of what you have heard on the news or in the media or through conversations with people or even in the church, it is because at some point, you have allowed yourself to FEED on those foods that are DEFILING! Meaning you have listened to and seen all these things and meditated on them INSTEAD OF ON THE WORD OF GOD, and this has resulted in the fruit which is 'fear or doubt or unbelief, or anxiousness, etc!

So we should just be hermits and ALL go OFF GRID? Well that would be ideal indeed. But not practical for sure. See the Bible gives us a simple strategy in John 17 - that though we are in the world, we really ARE NOT OF THE WORLD. We as believers in Jesus, we as the Body of Christ, we should be SET APART from the WORLD. We should CHOOSE not to DEFILE ourselves by EATING what is given to us through the worldly systems, like on the news or in the media, internet, in magazines, etc etc. We like DANIEL should choose to eat 'pulse / vegetables and drink water'. I can see some of you rolling your eyes thinking 'why does she want me to go vegan?" Well I don't, and I'm sure neither does Daniel. lol.

This is the secret. Remember the Kings palace and all his glory in his kingdom that I alluded to above? Well picture that, but not an EARTHLY kings palace or place, but rather the KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS! Seriously! Take a second, close your eyes and let the Lord show you His KINGDOM and HIS PALACE! Now after you have that picture, just picture a LARGE table spread out! Picture a FEAST FOR A KING! With all the beautiful plates and silverware and all the steaming hot yummy plentiful food that is spread out from one end to the other! (Yes I have a big imagination but hey we all do!). Well all these foods are the Kings meat! God is the KING and its HIS MEAT that he prepares for us his children to SIT and DINE WITH HIM! (Psalm 23 makes mention of him setting a table for us). But this is NOT just a simple table of food and drink, it is actually the KINGDOM! Yes I know you are saying, 'but the scriptures say the Kingdom of heaven is not a matter of eating and drinking...' and YES YOU ARE RIGHT, not EATING AND DRINKING FROM THIS NATURAL REALM and from all the outlets that are feeding or giving out all the information and news etc.

But like DANIEL, who chose 'vegetables and water' we too must CHOOSE to be fed only from the LORDS TABLE, from the KINGS TABLE, from the KING HIMSELF, YAWEH, the MESSIAH!

Daniel and his friends at 'vegetables and water' for ten days and were proved to look fairere and fatter in flesh than the others. This is the insight the Lord showed me: Vegetables are produce or the 'fruit' of plants right. Well similarly and in like manner, when we eat of the KINGS TABLE, we are eating the 'FRUIT OF LIFE' from the TREE of LIFE who is CHRIST HIMESELF (John 14:6 "Jesus says I am the way , the truth and the LIFE!). So our 'vegetable/fruit that WE ARE TO EAT, MUST BE FROM THE TREE OF LIFE WHO IS YESHUA HIMSELF. We must be FEEDING OF HIM DAILY. Which means EATING HIS WORD, his written word, his spoken word and the WORDS THAT HE IS SPEAKING EVERY MOMENT! THIS IS WHAT WE MUST BE FEEDING OURSELVES WITH! Because when we EAT THIS, we shall be SATISFIED, and then we PRODUCE FRUIT ourselves!! GOOD FRUIT , and fruit that brings LIFE and is LIFE because we have eaten from the SOURCE OF LIFE WHO IS CHRIST JESUS!!!!

In the same way Daniel drank water, we too must DRINK THE WATER OF THE RIVER OF LIFE! and What is this river? ITS IN CHRIST AND IT IS CHRIST!!!

See guys, Daniel is smart. He CHOSE not to defile the TEMPLE of the Lord (himself) with earthly food and drink because he knew they WOULD NOT BRING OR GIVE HIM LIFE!! But he CHOSE to eat from the TREE OF LIFE and drink from the RIVER OF LIFE and in the end, the outcome was 'LIFE TO HIS PHYSICAL BEING'. Isn't that COOL!

So I believe the Lord is also in this time testing us to prove us and its up to us to CHOOSE to EAT FROM THE TRUE KINGS TABLE which is the TREE OF LIFE AND DRINK FROM THE RIVER OF LIFE or not to. Why is he testing us you say? To see if we can steward what he is about to POUR OUT and RELASE - just like he did Daniel!

If you read on in Daniel 1, you see that after Daniel was proved 10 days and found to look better and in good physical condition than the others, then the Lord GAVE he and his friends, 'knowledge, and skill in all learning and wisdom, and he gave Daniel UNDERSTANDING IN ALL VISIONS AND DREAMS (which was the gift that Daniel used throughout his life). Read it in Daniel 1:17.

Friends, the Lord moving so are we ready? Are we eating from the right source so we don't DEFILE ourselves? Today, we have that choice to make. Lets EAT from the TREE OF LIFE who is CHRIST THE LORD and lets DRINK from the River of Life who is CHRIST THE LORD!!!

AMEN!!

Hope this encourages you.

Blessings

Eunice