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The Feast

When was the last time you felt insecure? Invalidated at work, distant from friends, or burdened by your own body? What was your first reaction? Did you think to stop and feast? Over the past year, Psalm 23 has become a constant companion to my wife and I. This Psalm, which centers on God as our provider, has grounded our daily lives, especially Psalm 23:5 (NIV): “You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.” In

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The Feast

Logan Friesen
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When was the last time you felt insecure? Invalidated at work, distant from friends, or burdened by your own body? What was your first reaction? Did you think to stop and feast?

Over the past year, Psalm 23 has become a constant companion to my wife and I. This Psalm, which centers on God as our provider, has grounded our daily lives, especially Psalm 23:5 (NIV): “You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.” In seasons of valleys, darkness, and uncertainty, it can feel impossible to imagine provision. Yet here we are called not only to trust, but to sit and feast at a table that has been prepared for us. This means a planned and intentional place of rest and abundant provision in the midst of our vulnerability. In the face of adversity, in those moments that we feel most insecure, we are called to feast.

Charles Spurgeon, the 19th-century preacher, reflects on this invitation, saying: “‘Thou preparest a table,’ just as a servant does when she unfolds the damask cloth and displays the ornaments of the feast on an ordinary peaceful occasion. Nothing is hurried, there is no confusion, no disturbance, the enemy is at the door and yet God prepares a table, and the Christian sits down and eats as if everything were in perfect peace.” This is a profound and difficult call. To rest in God’s provision, not only in our daily lives, but in the moments of our lives when we feel the most undeserving.

Tables are places of gathering, belonging, and intimacy. The place for friendship. In Psalm 23, God approaches the table as a servant, offering radical hospitality, love without limits, provision, rescue, and safety. Jesus echoes this posture in Luke 22:27 (NIV) further as he says: “For who is greater, the one who is at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who is at the table? But I am among you as one who serves”.

May we love, serve, and provide for others with the same radical table fellowship the Lord extends to us.

Logan Friesen graduated from Steinbach Bible College in 2025 with a BA in Biblical Studies. He is studying to become a pastor.