After a discourse of not having special guests to sit in prominent seats, but to love everyone equally and the same; Jesus then paints a more real and deeper heart issue:
He begins to describe that when you have a feast, don’t just invite the wealthy, your friends, your relatives, or those close to you. But, invite strangers!! And, invite people who can never pay you back!!
This is a heart of love; and a true missionary heart, and heart for missions: which Jesus mentioned that we all need to have. (Matthew 28:18-20 & Mark 16:15) We’re to go into all the world and preach the Gospel to everyone!!
“For God so loved the world…..”(John 3:16)
Oh, that our heart would be filled with God’s love for all people groups, all nations; for every precious person on the planet.
We live in a world that is filled with hearts that are self-centered and self-pleasing, proud, and egotistic. But, when we’re filled with God’s love (Romans 5:5), He places a lost world in the center of our hearts.
“For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” Matthew 6:21
“We have spoken freely to you, Corinthians, and opened wide our hearts to you.” 2 Corinthians 6:11
Only God can give us a true heart for the world!
Please, Living Hope Church, pray for your mission teams going out: to summer camp, to Peru, and to Poland and The Ukraine! Oh, God!! Put a love in our hearts for all people!!
In Jesus’ Name,
Pastor Wayne