"Who Ordered the Steak?"

Imagine one evening you and your family decide to splurge for a top-of-the-line Roadhouse dinner. You walk in, smell the aroma of steak sauce mixed with roasted peanuts and piping hot baked potatoes. Across the room you can see the grill fired up with smoke rising to the ceiling. Deciding not to spoil your dinner, you pass on the barrel overflowing with peanuts and merely walk on the crisp shells to grab a menu from the hostess' counter. Glancing over the menu, you quickly decide that it is a rare opportunity to share with your family; thus, you might as well go all out and order the succulent prime-rib.

Sitting down at the hardwood table you lean back in your cushioned chair listening to your stomach rumble. In just minute the feast should arrive before you ... piping-hot loaded baked potato full of real bacon bits and three gourmet cheeses, sauteed shrimp in a light buttery sauce, and juicy and tender prime-rib ordered just the way you like it. You peer across the crowded dining hall searching for your waiter with the massive tray in hand. Finally, what seems like hours, you spot him coming your way just in time.

One by one he carefully sets the each plate before the owner until he calls your own..."Who ordered the steak?" he asks. "Over here!" you exclaim while raising your hand. But instead he throws the plate in front of you without care; before you have a chance of rebuttal you are face-to-face with a slimy, stale peanut butter and jelly sandwich. "How could this happen?" you think to yourself. You begin to complain profusely to the waiter, but nonchalantly he explains they ran out potatoes at noon and forgot to take the steaks and shrimp out of the freezer. "Sorry, but this will just have to do."

Hungry and disappointed, you walk out with an empty body and discontentment.

The same is true for a student who walks away hungry if we as teachers do not serve the bread of life. As teachers of God's Word, it is our responsibility to be prepared. We must "order the potatoes and take the steaks out of the freezer" when serving up the most important meal of the day. As an Adult Bible Class teacher do you wait until Saturday until thinking about your lesson or pray and study diligently all week? As a Children's Bible Class teacher rush in last minute or know the memory verse by heart?

This week, I'm servin' steak.