Are you paying attention? Do you now as a parent (or grandparent) have a “I’m really serious” voice, or do you remember the voice your parents had when they meant right now?
Sometimes I think we believe God is simply wanting to hear himself talk; so we hear but don’t really pay attention to Him.
In the first of our two parables God takes the time to invite people to the wedding, but everyone has an excuse as to why they can’t make it.
So they invite “others”, and when there is still room they invite the “other of others” and they are ecstatic to be invited to come.
Where do you find yourself in this parable?
The next is what we call the wise and the foolish virgins. Only foolish because they believed the Lord would come on their time so they didn’t have enough oil for their lamps.
Am I depending on the Lord being on my schedule? And when He isn’t do I have enough patience and the Holy Spirit in my tank to last until He visits my situation?
The Lord will require something of us when we least expect it, will you be ready?
Pastor Brent