by Lillis Boyer

SUPPER INVITATION (Based on Luke 14)

SETTING: The King has set a table, He has prepared a feast! The wine glasses are full, the plates heaping with heavenly food, delicacies only a rich king can provide.

But know this, this feast, this supper is not for everyone…be advised!

It is not for those who consider themselves pious or ‘religious’

It is not for those wanting to be noticed, wanting to be esteemed and held in high regard by others

It is not for those whose goals are to acquire lofty positions, or famous ministries

It is not for those who want to be recompensed, those who want their ‘share’ of what they deserve! After all, they have done so many good deeds and hard work (that no one has noticed or appreciated)

It is not for those who consider themselves ‘worthy’ to be invited

It is not for those wanting special places of honor or special recognition at the supper

It is not for those who will boast to their uninvited friends and fellow church members, neighbors or brothers and sisters in Christ that ‘they’ were one of the few who were invited!

It is not for those who consider themselves of a higher ‘status’ or more spiritually gifted than others

It is not for those who consider their expanding occupations or their ministries important than spending time with the One who has invited them to this feast

It is not for those who are ‘full’ and in need of nothing

It is not for those who seek and worship the ‘blessings’ above the One who freely gives the blessings

It is not for those who are not willing to leave their family, best friends, even wives, husbands, even children behind to attend this feast

It is not for those who have not counted the costs of attending this special feast, and are willing to drop everything else down and come running at the Master’s bidding..

It is not for the double-minded and those with ‘second’ thoughts

So then, just who is this special dinner FOR?

It is for those who are ravenous, who are desperate, even for a single crumb, a single morsel from the Master’s table, rather than what the world has to offer

It is for those who don’t care who they attend this dinner with, who they sit with or where they sit, as long as they can just attend!

It is for the outcasts, those who have been ‘put out’

It is for those who have been rejected, put down, and cursed by others because they have not ‘attained’ as they should have, in man’s eyes

It is for those who the world tends to forget about, to institutionalize, to hide or simply forget about.. or worse yet, dispose of

It is for those with incurable diseases or hopeless physical diseases

It is for those who feel like they do not know where they are going and do not want to walk the way they have been walking

It is for those who feel like they cannot go any further and are ready to give up

It is for those who do not feel worthy to even be invited to this feast

It is for those who have been wounded, body, soul or spirit

It is for the lonely, those who have no family

It is for those who have no answers, no wisdom of their own to rely on

It is for those who are acutely aware of their nakedness, their spiritual blindness, and their wretched state. yet do not refuse the Masters invitation

It is for those who have often been overlooked

It is for the abandoned

It is for those who don’t mind being called ‘fools’ for Christ’s sake

It is for those whose only garment they wear is the robe of righteousness

Finally, it is for those who won’t waste any more time doing what they are doing or saying, and drop everything and RUN to His table, and eat their fill!
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So, what are YOU waiting for? Is there something keeping you from accepting or attending His supper invitation? Deal with it, then don’t waste any more time, make haste, go, RUN to His table, eat, drink, be filled to overflowing, and be changed, from glory to glory!

Lillis Boyer (based on Luke chaper 14)
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