The Great Feast

"A man prepared a great feast and sent out many invitations. When the banquet was ready, he sent his servants to tell the guests, 'Come, the banquet is ready.' But they all began making excuses. One said, 'I have just bought a field and must inspect it. Please excuse me.' Another said, 'I have just bought five oxen, and I want to try them out. Please excuse me.' Another said, 'I now have a wife, so I can't come.'

"The servant returned and told his master what they had said. His master was furious and said, 'Go quickly into the street and invite the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.' After the servant had done this, he reported, 'There is still room for more.' So his master said, 'Go out into the country lanes and behind the hedges and urge anyone you find to come, so that the house will be full. For none of those I first invited will even get the smallest taste of my banquet.'"

I love this passage in Luke. I don't know if I have ever read it before. My life is this, excuses to do what I want to on earth and I'm missing the feast. I love the excuses too, common things that everyone has: a wife, oxen, field. aka: a house, a job, a kid, a car, bills, stress, etc!

Luke 12:29 "And don't be concerned about what to eat and what to drink. Don't worry about such things. These things dominate the thoughts of unbelievers all around the world, but your Father already knows your needs."

All the excuses to miss the life God commands is dominating my everyday life, and I still excuse it.