Today God is looking for hungry people? Bible says “Blessed are they which do hungry and thirst after righteousness for they shall be filled.” For Matthew 5:6 seems to tell us only hungry people eats and thirsty people drinks. What are you hungry about?
As Christmas is approaching many would prepare good meals during this season. Various cooks and helpers were in the kitchen, putting the finishing touches of a perfect meal. And a big family is coming home from overseas. They are coming back for Christmas this year.
God has prepared a big meal for His Kingdom. And in vs. 15 says “Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.” vs. 16 says “A certain man made a great supper and bade many to come.”
GOD HAS PREPARED A FEAST FOR US.
Are you coming? God has prepared something far better: a feast that isn’t limited to special days and isn’t restricted to an exclusive guest list. He extends his invitation to anyone and everyone who will come, and His table is set with only the very best: not with a meal that fills us up for a while, only to leave us hungry again; He offers us Living water and Living bread. He offers us Himself. He that eats of me in the last days will never die. He is not offering you His blessings but His Life, His Grace and Face & Kingdom and God Himself. Come and partake of Me for I am humble and meek.
Nothing can truly satisfy, no one else can provide it, and He offers it freely! Who could refuse such an invitation? Taste and see that the Lord is good.
As the story goes, sadly, many of his own refuse God’s invitation. The one He knows a
nd invited making excuses. How would you feel first? How would God feels now? Some refuse God’s invitation to an ever-deepening relationship with Him. They are people who responded but they are some who do not. You often ask:What will it take to get you/them to respond?
What does the preacher have to say?
What does the worship team have to sing?
What are you waiting for?
If the sinners who hold back – they have nothing to lose and everything to gain. They are not the ones holding back. The people who seem to have the most trouble are those who have filled up on “blessings” just enough so that they’re no longer desperate for Him. They pursue the “sweet blessings of God” and bypass the Blesser. The hunger for God for HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS seems so small! We fill up on “good stuff” and it ruins our appetite for the very best.
So in Luke 14:18-21 Jesus tells the parable of the Great Banquet. “They all alike began to make excuses” Look at the responses from the invited first person who had caught up with his land and property – no time. Another said “I have just bought five yoke of oxen and I’m on my way to try them out. Please excuse me. The third person said “I just got married, so I can’t come”
Notice about these excuses: they are all had to do with the “good things” in life and blessings. Did you realize that you could be so busy with ‘your blessings’ that they become a hindrance between you and God? Today they are many sons, who want cookies, or some quick fun, enjoy life first lifestyle. Don’t let the blessings keep you from the great banquet (Marriage Supper of the Lamb) in heaven. Be Hungry for His Coming!
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