A Place at the Table

Scripture – Luke 13:28-30: 28“There will be weeping there, and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves thrown out. 29People will come from east and west and north and south, and will take their places at the feast in the kingdom of God. 30Indeed there are those who are last who will be first, and first who will be last.”

Reflection: When Christ returns there will be people who think they’re in line for a place at the table who will be shut out. There will be others, who those first people thought would never make it, who will have a seat. Indeed, there will be a great reversal. For in many places, as Jesus speaks of the kingdom of God, He makes it clear the value system of the kingdom is nearly the exact opposite of values in the world.

It’s not my place to decide who’s in and who’s out. It is my place to help usher as many people as I can in. For in Christ, our place is reserved. And that’s not based on anything I’ve done. It’s all because of what He’s done.

We can’t earn a place at the table. Through faith in Christ, we can only accept our place as a gift.