Acknowledge His hand in spreading and preparing a table before
Wait upon God, who has provided you with these resources for the benefit of your soul, and ask Him to make them truly helpful to you. The Ethiopian eunuch serves as a good example: while reading the book of the prophet Isaiah in his chariot, he waited on God to enlighten him, and God sent Philip to help him understand what he was reading.
If you read historical accounts of former times, let your mind reflect on God's wise and gracious providence, which governed the world long before we were born. He preserved His church through those times, and this gives us reason to depend on Him still. As the psalmist reminds us: "For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death" (Psalm 48:14).
5. When you sit down at your tables, wait on God. Acknowledge His hand in spreading and preparing a table before you, even in the presence of your enemies and in the company of your friends. Reflect on the grant God made to our first father Adam, and in him to us, of the fruits of the earth: "Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed... to you it shall be for meat" (Genesis 1:29). Also, recall the grant made to Noah, our second father, and in him to us: "Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you, even as the green herb" (Genesis 9:3). Consider in these grants what a bountiful benefactor God is to humanity, and wait on Him accordingly.
We must eat and drink to the glory of God, and in doing so, we wait on Him. We should receive nourishment for our bodies to better serve our souls in honouring God during our time on earth. We must perceive God's covenant-love in common mercies, enjoying the Creator as we use the gifts of creation. Depend on His word of blessing to make your food nourishing, and if your provisions are