SCRIPTURE: Luke (NIV) 14:13 But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, 14 and you will be blessed. Although they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”
OBSERVATION: Jesus had been watching the guests at a banquet and made two comments. First to the guests: instead of taking a place of honor, they should choose for themselves a humble seat, because it is better to be blessed by being escorted to a place of more honor than to be asked to move to a place of less honor. Second to those hosting the banquet: Invite people who cannot repay you, because there is One watching who can repay and you will be repaid when it really counts.
APPLICATION: Proverbs 19:17 reads: “He who is kind to the poor lends to the LORD, and he will reward him for what he has done.” When God sees us doing a kindness for those from whom we expect no repayment, he takes it personally. He looks at it as though we did it for him! He takes the responsibility for the repayment, if not in this life, then certainly in the one to come.
PRAYER: Lord, you have done more for me than I can ever repay. Today give me the joy of serving someone who has no means to repay me. Amen. And Heavenly Father, consider the many people who have given to the SOAP ministry. Many have given money; many more have given their time and service. And many have given both money and service. In your faithfulness, reward their faithfulness. And with your generosity, reward their generosity. In Jesus Name, Amen.
Pastor Leon
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