2/21 Quiet Time (Luke 14:15-24 ESV)

15 When one of those who reclined at table with him heard these things, he said to him, “Blessed is everyone who will eat bread in the kingdom of God!” 16 But he said to him, “A man once gave a great banquet and invited many. 17 And at the time for the banquet he sent his servant to say to those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’ 18 But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said to him, ‘I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it. Please have me excused.’ 19 And another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to examine them. Please have me excused.’ 20 And another said, ‘I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.’ 21 So the servant came and reported these things to his master. Then the master of the house became angry and said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly to the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in the poor and crippled and blind and lame.’ 22 And the servant said, ‘Sir, what you commanded has been done, and still there is room.’ 23 And the master said to the servant, ‘Go out to the highways and hedges and compel people to come in, that my house may be filled. 24 For I tell you, none of those men who were invited shall taste my banquet.’”

I don't know how well I respond to Your voice, Lord. I want to be sensitive to what You say every day. I'm so caught up with my daily things to do - I almost feel my responsibility at my work place and duties are my priority, rather than God. What's funny is, this is the question that has been lingering in my heart since yesterday: what is my priority in my life? What's the most valuable thing for me? What's certain is that it's not God.

 

I wish I could give my burden to God and let Him handle everything. It's okay to be absent; I don't have to be at every place, taking care of every little thing, watching over everything that goes on. And to go deeper - I think being responsible comes from my worries of how others think of me. And it dawns on me, maybe this is what matters to me the most - my reputation and how others view and judge me... basically, myself.

 

Lord, please help me to stop being scared of how people view me! Help me to be myself and think of getting acknowledgement from You only.