[Verse 1]
Come gather round the mystery
Of love in our broken history
Where grace heals the fault lines in me Time and time again
It welcomes me into a
A house for the hungry
A well for the thirsty
Where all saints come together Shoulder to shoulder
A welcome for the traveler
New wine for the vineyard
In all things
God is able
Love has a bigger table
Show me who is my neighbor
The Christ hidden in the beggar Cause love doesn’t meet a stranger Love calls them friend
And welcomes them into a
A house for the hungry
A well for the thirsty
Where all saints come together Shoulder to shoulder
A welcome for the traveler New wine for the vineyard
In all things
God is able
Love has a bigger table
There’s an empty seat
Waiting next to me
We gotta make some room for each other Let my enemy
Be my family
Fill my cup til it’s running over
There’s an empty seat
Waiting next to me
We gotta make some room for each other Let my enemy
Be my family
Fill my cup til it’s running over
A house for the hungry
A well for the thirsty
Where all saints come together Shoulder to shoulder
A welcome for the traveler New wine for the vineyard
In all things
God is able
His love has a bigger table
His love has a bigger table There’s a place for you
Love has a bigger table
Bigger Table
Song Meaning
Matt Maher keeps the imagery in "Bigger Table" domestic and specific rather than abstract — "a house for the hungry, a well for the thirsty... a welcome for the traveler, new wine for the vineyard." Each image names a particular kind of need being met rather than offering one general statement about inclusion.
"Show me who is my neighbor, the Christ hidden in the beggar" answers the lawyer's question from Luke's Gospel directly, relocating the search for a neighbor to the person easiest to overlook rather than the person easiest to help. "Love doesn't meet a stranger, love calls them friend" keeps that welcome active rather than passive — not merely tolerating an outsider's presence, but renaming their status entirely.
"There's an empty seat waiting next to me... let my enemy be my family" pushes the song's hospitality past comfortable inclusion and into its hardest test, naming the specific kind of person a bigger table is actually meant to make room for.