Today, I am reading and commenting on  Luke 14-16.

There is more to the parable of the banquet in this passage than we normally notice.  Jesus tells the story of a man who when he started preparing a feast invited a bunch of people.  They all readily accepted his invitation despite the fact that he was not sure when he would hold the feast.  However, once the feast was ready and he sent out notices to come to the feast, they were all too busy to attend.  We normally interpret the “feast” as being heaven.  While there is nothing wrong with that interpretation, it misses an important part of the message which Jesus preached repeatedly.  By the way, today is the first time I noticed this about this passage.  In this case, the “feast” is to do God’s will (primarily, helping those in need).  Are we too busy to help those in need when the opportunity presents itself to us?  More importantly, do we recognize the opportunity to help those in need as a “feast”, as something not to be missed?  Doing God’s will, helping others, should be something we view as a treat, as a special occasion, like going to a feast/banquet.  Heaven will only be heaven for those who take joy out of serving others.

I use the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.