Imagine this for breakfast: grilled sausage, cheese, bacon, eggs, more cheese, and more bacon, all covered in swiss cheese sauce. Wendy’s calls it the “Breakfast Baconator.” It’s 770 calories in a bun.
According to Forbes, this is just part of the chain’s
plans for our breakfast. They are announcing a new morning menu set to launch
March 2.
The company is investing $20 million on its breakfast launch with plans to hire twenty thousand employees. They will be competing with McDonald’s, Chick-fil-A, Taco Bell, and others.
The Bible has some interesting contributions to make to our conversation.
The power of breakfast with God
The risen Christ met his disciples “just as day was
breaking” and prepared breakfast for them (John 21:4, 12). Early risers
are found throughout Scripture, including Abraham (Genesis 19:27), Jacob
(Genesis 28:18), Moses (Exodus 24:4), Joshua (Joshua 3:1), Gideon (Judges
6:38), Hannah and Elkanah (1 Samuel 1:19), and David (Psalm 5:3).
The early morning story that has most impacted me, however,
comes from the life of Jesus.
After teaching in the synagogue at Capernaum and healing a
demoniac (Mark 1:21–28), he healed Peter’s mother-in-law and then “many
who were sick with various diseases” (vv. 31, 34).
After such a day, most of us would be tempted to sleep in
the next morning. Not Jesus: “And rising very early in the morning, while
it was still dark, he departed and went out to a desolate place, and there he
prayed” (v. 35). The Greek could be translated literally, “and there
he continued to pray.”
Simon and the other disciples “found him and said to
him, ‘Everyone is looking for you’” (v. 37). Jesus replied, “Let us
go on to the next towns, that I may preach there also, for that is why I came
out” (v. 38). As a result, “he went throughout all Galilee, preaching
in their synagogues and casting out demons” (v. 39).
After Jesus’ experience that morning,…
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