It happened that when He went into
the house of one of the leaders of the Pharisees on the Sabbath to eat
bread, they were watching Him closely. And there
in front of Him was a man suffering from dropsy. And Jesus answered and spoke to the lawyers
and Pharisees, saying, “Is it lawful to heal on the
Sabbath, or not?” But they
kept silent. And He took hold of him and healed him, and sent him away.
And He said to them, “Which one of you will have a son or an ox fall into a well, and will
not immediately pull him out on a Sabbath day?” And they could make no reply to this. And He began speaking a parable
to the invited guests when He noticed how they had been picking out the places
of honor at the table, saying to them, “When you are
invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not take the place of honor, for
someone more distinguished than you may have been invited by him,
and he who invited you both will come
and say to you, ‘Give your place to this man,’ and then in disgrace you proceed
to occupy the last place. But when you are invited, go and recline
at the last place, so that when the one who has invited you comes, he may say
to you, ‘Friend, move up higher’; then you will have honor in the sight of all
who are at the table with you. For everyone who
exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”
Honor to Jesus is something that is bestowed
on the meek person, not something that is grasped for by the greedy. Honor is recognition from others, not
self-recognition. In this parable, Jesus
speaks of sitting in a place of honor in God’s Kingdom. Here, he is speaking to Temple
Daily Prayer: Father, humble me in my life here on
earth. Let me recognize that anything
favorable that I have is a product of grace and not of my own work. Instead, if I boast, let me boast of Christ
who loved me and gave Himself for me, but not me alone, but to all who trust in
Him. In Jesus name I pray Amen.
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