Louie Giglio - What to Expect at the Table with Jesus
Hello Passion City Church, it’s so good to be together. I don’t know about you, but I’m loving this little collection of talks we’re having at the table with Jesus. What an incredible thought that you and I are invited! This is what we talked about last week in week one. We discussed the power of an invitation, specifically the invitation for you and me to sit at the table with the King. I want that to sink in for a moment. I want us to soak up the power, the majesty, the mystery of that reality—that you and I are invited by the Creator of the universe into a relationship with Him. That’s why we were created; we were created for communion, and we’re invited to the table.
I was thinking about this little restaurant in Tokyo—Sukiyabashi Jiro. It’s a world-renowned sushi place, obviously, and it has ten seats at a counter. I think it’s the only sushi restaurant possibly to ever gain three Michelin stars. So this place is off-the-charts amazing, but unfortunately, no one can go because it’s one of, if not the most exclusive, restaurant in the world. You’ve got to be lucky, know somebody, or have the right connection to get one of those ten seats every single night. I’m thinking about how powerful the invitation would be if someone said you could sit in one of those ten seats, but still not as powerful as the most exclusive table in the universe. That’s not a restaurant—you don’t have to call six months in advance or know someone with a secret code or password. That’s the table of the Almighty God, and it is exclusive because there’s only one Jesus. He’s inviting you into a relationship with Him.
I love how Jesus Himself says it in John’s Gospel, Chapter 14, Verse 6. Jesus says, «I am the way.» Don’t you love the power, the clarity, the conviction of that? Jesus knows who He is, so this invitation comes to us from someone who’s certain of His identity. He says, «I am,» a reference back to «I AM that I AM» who has sent you—that story of deliverance from Exodus. He says, «I am the way, I am the truth, I am the life.» In other words, I’m not just one of the ways; I’m not just offering truth, and I’m not pointing to life. I am the way; I am the truth embodied in Me, and I am the one who is life and gives life. And then He says, «No one comes to the Father but through Me.»
We’re talking about a table that is exceptional—a table that is rare air. We should all be asking today, «How in the world did we get to this table?» Because though it is the most exclusive table in the world, it’s a table that anyone through Jesus Christ can come and dine at. It’s the table of a King. What I want to talk about today is what you can expect at the table. This is an invitation, and together I hope many of us will be on the journey at the table with Jesus. We talked about this last week, but the book is out, and it’s available. I’m going to start the journey of 66 days on Wednesday, that’s this coming Wednesday, April 6th, and I hope some of you will join me on this journey as well. You may already have a copy and might already be on the journey, but if you’re thinking about taking 66 days to rethink, reprogram, and redevelop a new habit in your life, what can you expect at the table with the King?
That’s what I want us to think about for a few minutes today. What can we expect if we take the invitation to sit at the table with Jesus? I don’t know about you—maybe you’re a planner, and maybe the thought of a restaurant with 10 seats freaks you out. You’d be working overtime to figure out how you’re going to get a reservation, how many months in advance you have to plan—whatever the details were to make it all work out. Maybe you’re one of those kinds of people who, when somebody invites you, you’re like, «Okay, where are we going?» and you immediately go into research mode. Maybe you’re just happy-go-lucky and say, «Hey, we’re going wherever—great! I don’t need to know anything about it; let’s go.»
But maybe you’re one of those people who’s going to pull up Yelp, right? You’re going to check out the reviews and see if this place really is all that. Maybe you’re going to go to the website. Is anybody going to do that? If we’re going out to dinner somewhere, you’ll be dining at a table, and you’ll go to the website to try to get your eyes on this place. You’re going to download the menu. Is anybody going to download the menu? You look through all the options, you decide what you’re going to have when you get there, and as you know, it happens a lot. We’ve been online, we looked at the menu, we got our hearts set on something, we got our mouths set on something, and then we get there, and it’s like, «Oh, we don’t have that in this season right now,» and you’re like, «Ah, but I went to the website and checked out the menu.»
Maybe you’ve already checked the vibe, you’ve already tried to assess what the dress code is, you wanted to see some photos of what the food looks like, what the place looks like, and what the tables look like. Maybe if you’re really into it, you’re already trying to angle on which table we’re going to be at when we get there. You’re doing your research. You want to know: what can I expect when we get to this table? Maybe you’re going with someone you don’t know that well or with somebody you don’t know at all, so you’ve asked around, «Well, what is he like? What is she like?» You’re just trying to get your head around what to expect when we get there.
So I want to ask that question today: What can we expect if we take the invitation to sit down at the table with Jesus? A few things you can expect, based on the eyewitness accounts of the life of Jesus, is that if you sit down at the table with Jesus, you are going to receive grace. Isn’t that what we all need? You can expect that if you say yes and show up, no matter what’s gone down, no matter what’s in the story, no matter what’s in the past, that if you sit at this table, grace is going to be on the table. I was thinking about Luke 15, probably the most famous parable of all—the story of the lost things. When the son is coming home, he’s coming home to a table; he’s coming home to a feast. The father says, «Kill the fatted calf,» and they throw a party. What happens at the party? There’s food, hospitality, abundance, laughter, music, dancing, and celebration. There’s a table there! That’s the picture that God is giving us. And you know what was served that night? It wasn’t just that there was tenderloin in the mix—what was being served that night was amazing grace, mystifying grace, mind-boggling grace. It was a picture of the table of Jesus.
I was thinking about another place in Luke, Chapter 7. These are all snapshots that, if you’ve been around church for a while, you know really well. In Luke 7, there’s another table. At this particular table, a Pharisee has invited Jesus to dinner, and I love that He went because Jesus is all about the table. He’s inviting you to His table, and if necessary, He’ll come and sit at yours for a minute. So He goes to this Pharisee’s house. Now, remember the Pharisees are those who, externally, have it all together—internally, not so much—but externally, they’ve got a solid front. Here’s Jesus, God in human skin, who knows the problems deeper than the externals. Someone has to have the power to fix the internal. Jesus is walking on planet Earth to bring dead things to life. He’s not walking on planet Earth to applaud external efforts or personas; He’s here to raise the dead.
This Pharisee, with his beautiful exterior, invites Him to his house. It says, «One of the Pharisees invited Jesus to have dinner with him, and He went to the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table.» He’s in the mix with people we don’t know, but this would be the upper crust—the important people. This is the invite you wanted to get. These are the people you wanted to be with. Jesus says, «Okay, I’ll come,» and He comes. They’re all reclining at the table. The picture again is all heads toward the table, on sort of a low sofa vibe, with feet outside going the other way because feet are dusty and mucky in this day. So everybody’s leaned in towards the table, towards the food—all the people are in conversation together, and all the feet are over there.
As everybody’s talking, I’m sure pressing each other with their stories, who they know, what they did, what they’re planning, what they’re involved in—their efforts—all their best. Something crazy happens: «When a woman who had lived a sinful life in that town learned that Jesus was eating at the Pharisee’s house, she brought an alabaster jar of perfume. As she stood behind Jesus at His feet weeping, she began to wet His feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair. She kissed them and poured perfume on them.» Now, what we don’t know about this moment is what interaction Jesus had with this woman. Obviously, something has gone down—either she’s heard Him teach, she has a friend who talked to Him, she knew someone who’d gotten healed, or maybe they met on the street and He said something to her or connected with her in some way.
But she’s now coming to Him to say, «I understand that you’re the one who is unlike everyone else here at this dinner. You are not about the external; you’re about changing things and giving people a second chance, a third chance, another shot, another life, another way.» So she’s at His feet now, and in effect, she’s worshiping Him. She’s pouring out something of great worth to her on His feet. She’s weeping and moved, wiping His feet with her hair. The host freaks out; he’s like, «Uh-oh, this is all going wrong. This guy claims to be a prophet, but obviously, he’s not a man of God because if he were a man of God, he would know what kind of woman this is who’s washing his feet.»
Jesus instantly moves into Gospel mode and starts breaking it down for everyone at the meal. If you’ve read the text, He uses this illustration: «Suppose that two people owe money—one owes a lot and one owes a little, but they both get their debts forgiven and wiped off the books. Who’s going to be more grateful?» The host answers; they get it, and everybody kind of nods along, saying, «Obviously, the person that owed the most is going to be the most grateful.» He says, «That is this woman right here. When I walked into this place, nobody else washed my feet. Nobody wanted to welcome me in that fashion, but here is this woman pouring out this valuable gift, and with her tears, she’s expressing gratitude to me.» Then He looks at her and says, «Your sins are forgiven.»
Here we are at a meal where the least likely person in town is now in the picture. We’ve got all the external boxes checked, but we also have somebody with a known record in town. Everybody knows who she is and what she’s about, yet Jesus utters these words: «Your sins are forgiven.» The other guests begin to say among themselves, «Who is this who even forgives sins?» Then Jesus says to the woman, «Your faith has saved you; go in peace.» You can expect, when you take Jesus up on this invitation and arrive at this table, that grace is going to be on the table.
Now, I can already feel something rising up, and I can hear someone saying, «Wait a minute! It’s not all grace; it’s not all grace.» Oh, it’s not all grace—Jesus came full of grace and full of truth, and we’re about to go there. But before we take another step, can I just tell you today that it doesn’t matter how far you’ve run, what you’ve done, or what’s in the story—grace is on the table today. When you come up the drive and knock on the front door, and you’re coming to that moment where you’re reconnecting with Jesus, don’t let the enemy tell you that you’re going to get run over by a freight train of condemnation because amazing grace is on the table.
The second thing you can expect when you sit down at the table with Jesus—and I love this about Him—is that He’s going to speak the truth in love. This is what we’re called to do, one to another: speak the truth to each other, but speak the truth in love. You can actually say the right thing, but you can also say it with the right spirit and the right heart. The Scripture calls us to call each other up to truth, but it’s also essential how you speak the truth to each other; so speak the truth in love. Where do we learn that? We learn it from Jesus Himself.
In Mark 10:17, another one of these snapshots that we know very well, a guy comes to Jesus, and he’s interested in what Jesus is talking about. Jesus is discussing another kingdom, a heavenly kingdom, something greater than the temporary life we call life on Earth. A man described as a rich young ruler runs up to Him and falls on his knees before Him. So something powerful is happening as Jesus is moving from town to town. He says, «Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?» In other words, «I’ve got all this stuff already, but I know there’s got to be something more.» Jesus says, «Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone.»
So Jesus is kind of tipping His hat to what we’re seeing at the table with Jesus—that He is, in fact, God. Then He goes to what the default would be with this young man. He goes through the commandments, and the guy looks at Him and says, «Yeah, I’ve done my best to keep all these since I was a boy.» In verse 21, it says Jesus looked at him and loved him. Isn’t that awesome? Because this story is going to end in tragedy. It’s going to end with the young man being empty-handed. This story is not going to end with a guy lingering at the table with the King. We don’t know if there’s a reconnection later in time; we don’t know if this guy came to his senses and came back to what Jesus said. But what we do know is that Jesus is operating like He normally does—and it’s what you can expect if you sit down at the table with Him. He’s going to speak the truth, and He’s going to speak the truth in love.
He looked at him, so can we stop there for a moment? He looked at him. He’s looking right at this guy. Another thing you can expect—it’s not really on the list, but you can expect Jesus to make eye contact with you. Can we establish that this is an important social norm? If you’re going to dinner with some people, meeting someone for the first time, or having coffee with some people, make eye contact. That’s how we establish trust and communication with people, and that’s where relationships bond—in eye contact. Jesus looked at him, and when you go through the Gospels, He saw her, looked at her, looked on them, looked on the city—He’s always looking and always seeing. He’s going to make eye contact with you.
You sit down at the table with Him; He’s not going to be staring up at the ceiling, darting all over the place with those «I can’t trust you» eyes. He’s not going to be looking down at the table, checking his watch, or on his phone; He’s going to make eye contact with you. I love that—it’s just a simple thing, but Jesus looked at him, and not only did He look at him, He loved him. Not only did He love him, but He leveled with him. He said, «There’s one thing that you still need to do: Go sell everything you have and give it to the poor, and then you’ll have treasure in heaven. Here’s how you get to eternal life: come and follow Me.» Sadly, at this, the man’s face fell, and he went away sad because he had great wealth.
Jesus looked at him, and that’s what He’s going to do when you sit down. He’s going to look at you; He’s going to say, «Hey, I love you,» and then He’s going to level with you. He’s going to tell you the truth, but He’s going to tell you the truth in love. The third thing you can expect, and I’ll speed through a few of these snapshots, is that if you take Jesus up on this invitation, He’s going to get to the heart of the matter. In other words, it’s not going to be idle chitchat for the next 15 years. Probably within 15 minutes of sitting there, He’ll find His way to the heart of the matter.
I wonder what that is for you today, and it might be why some of us aren’t taking Him up on the invitation. It may be that you think this is just some devotional nuggets—some good encouragement here—I’ll come, but if we’re going to really have to cut to the chase, I’m not sure I’m ready for that. Well, Jesus is ready to do it because He came to set you free. I’m thinking about that moment in John Chapter 4 when He met the woman at the well. They’re having what seems like a random conversation, but Jesus quickly circles to the heart of the matter.
When she says, «I don’t have a husband,» He goes, «I know, you’ve been through a lot of husbands. I want to get to the heart of the matter.» That’s what He’s going to do with you. And I just want to encourage you that if you remember that grace is on the table, and you know that He’s always going to speak the truth in love, then let Him get to the heart of the matter. Let Him go to that place you’re really not sure you want to go to, that sensitive place, the painful place, the place you don’t want to go back to, the place you’re trying to forget about, or that you’re trying to keep covered over. Let Him go there because He knows He has the power to change things, and He knows what you need most today is not just another meal with a King; you need something changed inside of you.
I think the fourth thing you can expect is that He’s going to open your eyes to see Him more clearly. If there ever was a person to go to dinner with, it would be Jesus. What could you say? «How was your day?» «It was amazing! We climbed XYZ mountain today, and it was phenomenal.» «Yeah, I know—I made that mountain.» Oh great! We all have that person in our lives, right? You can never get anything good established in the record. I got a new car. What kind did you get? I got a Ford Explorer. That’s amazing—my grandfather went to school with Henry Ford’s brother. Oh, okay. Next thing! Let me top that!
Jesus could overshadow it all; He’s not interested in that. He’s not interested in impressing everyone at the table and impressing you, but He is interested in revealing Himself to you more and more. He wants your spiritual vision to clarify every single time you’re with Him. I love that—that is the potential of every day on Earth, and that’s what heaven is really all about—it’s about full sight. None of us see Him fully right now. None of us are looking 20/20 at Jesus; we’re all looking through a glass dimly, as Paul said. We have an amazing snapshot through the Gospels, and we have a connection through the Spirit, but we have a lot to discover.
Going back to John 4, this woman ends up having a left-turn question about worship. She says, «Our ancestors worshiped at this mountain, and the Jews worship in that mountain. I don’t know which mountain is the right one. But I know that Messiah is coming. When He comes, He will make sense of all this.» Then Jesus says, «The one who is speaking to you is He.» What does that mean? It means Jesus was interested in revealing to this lady not eight relationship principles—not, «I’m glad you came to the well today; let me give you some advice.» No! «You’re apparently really terrible at relationships, so here are seven key things you can take, and everything will work out a little bit better for you.»
No! He wanted her eyes to be open—not to the principles—maybe she needed relationship principles or a good book on marriage, or a marriage retreat or seminar, and none of that is bad, but apparently, there was something at the heart of the matter that only Jesus could address. Not that Jesus could address it with five steps or principles, but that He Himself—His love, His grace, His significance—the worth that He could transfer, the heart deep underneath the wound that He could speak to and touch and heal. What He wanted to reveal is that the solution to your heart is sitting right in front of you. So when you come to the table, yes, bring something to write with, because it’s likely that God’s going to teach you something, but when you come to the table, come with the expectation that it’s not a list of four things you need. He can sign off on them and say, «Hey, thanks for coming.»
When you come to the table, what you need is the person sitting at the table. What He wants to do for me, for you, and for all of us is, day by day, to open our eyes to see Him. I don’t think we can emphasize this enough, especially for those of us who have been in church culture all our lives and somehow have maybe reduced some of this down to principles or to the «I got my nugget for the day,» or «my truth for the day;» or «my mantra for the day,» or «my meditation thought for the day,» and I’m good. He’s like, «No, it’s not about that! It’s about a relationship with Me!»
And if you sit down at this table, here’s what I’m going to do: I’m going to shine a spotlight on Me—not because I’m an egomaniac and need attention, but because I am the Light of the World, and I’m going to shine a light on Me because you’re distracted, and I’m your solution. Whatever this conversation leads into, at some point, I’m going to say, «It’s Me. You need Me!» Yes, you need peace, but I’m the Prince of Peace, and I don’t just give peace; I come stand in your storm and bring peace.
He’s going to open your eyes to see Him. The fifth expectation you can have is that He’s going to be enough when you get to the table. In John, Chapter 2, Jesus isn’t ready to go public yet, but His mom wants Him to do something at this wedding. When they run out of wine at this wedding ceremony and celebration, she knows stuff about Him. We don’t really know what prompted her. Had He done miracles at home? Had He been performing miracles in the carpenter shop? We don’t know what made her say this, but when they ran out of wine and freaked out, she said to Him, «You can do something.» He was like, «Mom, I’m not ready to take my step out into the world yet.»
Then she looked at the servants and said, «Just do whatever He says.» Wow, there’s another message in that. She says to the servants, «You’re out of wine; okay, do whatever He says.» He looked over and saw six big pots used for ceremonial cleansing and said, «Fill those pots up with water.» They did. Then He said, «Take a sample and bring it to the guy running the party.» They do, and he drinks the wine and says, «What in the world is going on?» He goes to the host of the wedding and says, «Man, you’ve got it all backwards! You’re serving the real good wine first, and then when everyone’s had a few glasses, you bring out the B-grade and C-grade wine.»
What does that mean? When you come to this table, there’s going to be abundance on this table because Jesus, if there were nothing on the table, could simply say to the servant, «Fill those six pots up with water» and bam! We’ve got not only wine, but top-tier class wine—the best—because it’s Him. So I just want to remind you that when you come to this table, again, we’re not beggars trying to find a crumb on the floor. No, that is not who we are.
I know that sounded good for a while; for a lot of us, we’re just, «I’m just another beggar trying to help another beggar find bread.» We’re all down here under the table of the King, looking for a scrap or anything that fell off the side of the tray saying, «Oh man, there’s a little nugget down there.» No! When you sit at this table, I’m telling you there is everything you could possibly need for every moment of your life times a trillion at this table! This is a table of abundance! There is no scarcity here! There’s no checking like, «What’s the price on this one?» There’s no getting out the calculator to add up what exactly is 15% for the tip. This table is a table of abundant miracle power.
So when you come and sit down, don’t feel bad about saying to Jesus, «I believe You could change it. I believe You could do it again! I know what You’ve done in the past, and I believe You could do it in this story as well.» I’m not coming here hoping for one little crumb; I’m coming here believing I’m seated at the table with the God of the universe who turns water into wine. When He says, «Come and have a seat at the table,» He’s not expecting it to be a microwaved event. He wants you to know that everything you need for life is at the table with Jesus.
You can also expect that God’s going to understand your situation. There are two more of these, and then we’ll close. If you sit down at this table, I want you to expect, and be assured, that you’re going to be felt and understood. You know when we come into so many conversations trying to tell people what we’re going through, and we’re trying to tell people what we’re dealing with, and they say, «Oh man, I’ll pray for you,» and you’re like, «Man, you don’t get it!» Or they say, «That sounds terrible,» and you think, «You don’t get it. It’s going to work out.»
Jesus gets it, and if you sit down at this table, you can fully expect that Jesus is going to identify with your pain, frustration, hurt, wound, rejection, loss, difficulty, disease, diagnosis, and darkness. He is going to fully get it because He’s acquainted with suffering. He didn’t read about it in a book; He didn’t study it somewhere—He lived it, breathed it, experienced it. When you sit down with Him, He’s not going to look at you and tell you to toughen up; He’s not going to look at you and say, «Oh, that’s not that big a deal; don’t worry about it. Let’s move on.» He’s going to look at you, and you’re going to see when He’s eye-to-eye with you that He feels your pain, He knows what you’re talking about, and He’s going to be enough for you in that moment.
Then lastly, and I love this one: If you come and take this invitation, and sit at the table with Jesus, you can expect a few things, right? You can expect that grace is going to be on the table. Amen? Some of you need that today. Works is over. This is not a meal you’re going to go in the kitchen and prepare, or a table you’re going to build, or an invitation you’re going to extend. You just need to come today humbly and say, «Thank You that amazing grace is on the table today. I will receive it; I will actually eat it and celebrate in this meal because, Jesus, You are the sacrificial Lamb.» You can expect He’s going to speak the truth in love. He’s going to get right to the heart of the matter; He’s going to open your eyes to see more clearly. You can expect abundance—He’s going to be enough for you; you can expect Him to understand you.
But here’s the key: You can expect that if you sit down at this table, at some point, Jesus is going to get up from the table. In Matthew’s Gospel, at the very end, we have what’s called the Great Commission. We used to preach about it a lot back in the day. You don’t hear about it as much in the church right now, but it’s still the plan. The plan is: Yes, there’s a relationship, and yes, there’s communion, and yes, there’s fellowship—this is walking with God—but life is about moving and not just sitting.
So yes, come and be still. Yes, come and know that I am God. Yes, come and be quiet, and let’s have a moment together. Yes, let’s connect, but as we connect, Jesus is going to move the conversation. Not everything might be resolved yet; not every piece of work He’s doing inside of me might be perfect yet. I might not be fully into the image of Christ yet; I might not be fully grounded in the Word of God yet; I might not be fully the person God’s developing me to be. But He’s like, «Hey, we’ll work on all that, but as we do, let’s start moving!»
Let’s start moving! This was amazing, by the way—this incredible connection today—now let’s go! See, what we have a tendency to want to do is say, «I’m going to spend 15 minutes with God; I’m going to have a quiet time,» and that’s awesome! Have a quiet time; I’m going to do a devotion—that’s awesome! That will take you 15 minutes, 20 minutes, 30 minutes. I’m going to have my moment with God—that’s amazing! Have a moment with God! But what we did was we did that and then we went, «Okay, now I go to work; now I go to class; now I go to the gym; now I go have lunch with a friend; now I go do my things.»
We might have a reconnect at the end of the day: «Wow, that was a day! That was something else! Wow, let’s connect again because that was crazy.» This is not the picture of the table! The picture of the table is, «This is amazing; now let’s go!» Let’s go to work; let’s go to class; let’s go to the gym; let’s go have lunch with your friend; let’s go meet the neighbor; let’s go meet the need. Let’s go move out into the world and do life, and then as we come back, it’s like, «Wow man, that was a day, wasn’t it? We had a day today, didn’t we?»
This is what the table looks like—Jesus saying, «This abundance, it’s not just for you. This abundance is to flow through you, so come on! Let’s go together into the world!» This is how He ends Matthew’s Gospel: «Then Jesus came to them and said, 'All authority in heaven and on Earth has been given to Me. Therefore, go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.'»
This goes right back to where we started: «I am the way. I am the truth. I am the life.» If that is a reality, then you need to carry that message to everyone on planet Earth because this table is a rare table, but everyone is invited to it! This table is one of a kind, but the grace on it is so amazing that anyone can come through that grace and be saved. He says, «Go, make disciples of every nation, and baptize them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, and teach them to obey everything I’ve commanded you.»
It sounds like He’s saying, «From the table, okay, you go! Now go do your thing! Go do what I called you to do!» But He ends this Gospel by saying this: «And surely, I am with you always to the very end of the age.» In other words, the table is great, but go to the whole world. The table is amazing, but we’ve got a big mission. The table is incredible, but the city is dark, so go! Oh, and don’t worry—I’m coming too; I’ll be with you the whole way.
If you take Him up on this invitation and sit at the table, I’m promising you this: It’s not going to be long before you start catching His heart for the cities, for the nations, and for the peoples of Earth, and you’re going to start moving out. When you do, I believe you’ll know the Jesus at the table like you’ve never known Him before! Because when we move into His mission with Him, we find a synergy and depth of relationship that we may have never known before. It’s that partnership and friendship of doing the most important things on Earth together. If you take Him up and come to sit at the table with the King, it’s not going to be long before He gets up and says, «Come on with Me; let’s go do something to change somebody’s eternity.»
I love it! You can expect a trustworthy, loving friend who has all power and authority in heaven and on Earth. You can expect a big purpose and a big plan. You can expect enough grace and mercy. You can expect truth, but you’re always going to get it in love. You can expect that things are going to change because He’s going to get to the heart of the matter. This invitation we take Him up on is to come and sit at the table with the King.