LUKE 14:21-22

 “The servant came back and reported this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and ordered his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind and the lame.’

 “‘Sir,’ the servant said, ‘what you ordered has been done, but there is still room.’

TO PONDER 

There’s still room. Plenty of room. Heaven is like the universe…it goes on forever, and there will always be room. 

And you know what? It doesn’t matter what you’re wearing.  Because the poor, those with physical disabilities, the visually impaired, those with hearing loss, dementia suffers, those with intellectual disabilities, out-patients, can’t always afford the best clothes. But that doesn’t bother God. Because God looks at the heart. God looks at your inside. God is more concerned with what is going on in your heart, than in your head.

Sometimes we worry too much about what we look like. About what our neighbours think. And about saving face. So it’s a good reminder. A reminder to ourselves that others will know we are Christians by our love – not by our image.  

PRAYER:Father in Heaven, thank you for keeping a spot for me in heaven. Thank you that there is no use-by date on that space you’ve left me – unless I choose to let it go. So help me not to let go of it, or you. Amen  

Today's Devotion written by Mark Simpfendorfer, LifeWay Epping