As you prepare for worship today...

You have all heard the truism that you are what you eat. This is true on a number of levels, and of course it is also false in other ways. No matter how carelessly you eat, you are not going to turn into high fructose corn syrup. And no matter how finicky you are when you eat, you are not going to turn into a bean sprout. So it is not true that “you are what you eat” on that level, for which we may thank the Lord.

However there are ways in which it is true. Scripture teaches that we become like what we worship, and if you worship your food, there will be transformations in accordance with this principle. Eating and drinking is not simply a matter of refueling. Far more is involved than this, and a fussy eater is a fussy worshipper. A careless eater is a careless worshipper. In both instances, the behavior reinforces itself, and a downward spiral sets in.

But if you worship Jesus Christ, the true calling of every Christian, you become more and more like Jesus Christ. Here is another way to think of it. This bread, this wine, set on this table, is the grace of God. You are invited now to come and eat and drink that grace. Now if you become what you eat, what should be happening? You should be turning into the grace of God.

This is the grace of God to you, which feeds you, and you become the grace of God that feeds others. You receive gracious food so that you might become gracious food.

Come, and welcome, to Jesus Christ.

Douglas Wilson