Food for Thought

I went by the water to feed the birds and normally when I do I have to throw the bread away from me because numerous birds swarm around me. Today someone had gone fishing and cleaned the fish they had caught and threw the remains in the water. There were an abundance of small fish swimming in the water; two decent sized crabs and even a baby sting ray....for this park this doesn't happen but this isn't the first unusual thing I have seen at this park recently. Last week God told me to be open; he didn't give me specifics, I think he is just preparing me for what's ahead so that I can be obedient no matter what it looks like. I think in this next season we are going to have the resolve to ask God is this you? and if it is no matter what we think or what it looks like we need to be willing. I believe it won't be the usual. Today as I sat at the park tossing the bread on the water  only about two birds ate the bread; the others had feasted on the fish carcasses but the bread didn't go to waste, it was food for the small fish that had come close to shore. It reminded me of the parable of the dinner feast. In this hour though we may desire to commune and celebrate with our families and friends God may call us to embrace and welcome people who we may not have chosen to befriend ourselves. We can continue to pray and intercede for our families and friends but if God calls us to band with others the only important thing is knowing that it is God, because when it is we can rest assured that even though the people may look different and be different if they are God's and he is drawing us together it is for our good and the advancement of the kingdom of God. So come who will to the great feast that our Lord has prepared.

Luke 14 Passion translation 12 Then Jesus turned to his host and said, “When you throw a banquet, don’t just invite your friends, relatives, or rich neighbors—for it is likely they will return the favor. 13–14 It is better to invite those who never get an invitation. Invite the poor to your banquet, along with the outcast, the handicapped, and the blind—those who could never repay you the favor. Then you will experience a great blessing in this life, and at the resurrection of the godly you will receive a full reward.” 15 When they heard this, one of the dinner guests said to Jesus, “Someday God will have a kingdom feast,[b] and how happy and privileged will be the ones who get to share in that joy!” 16 Jesus replied with this parable: “There was a man who invited many to join him in a great feast. 17 When the day for the feast arrived, the host instructed his servant to notify all the invited guests and tell them, ‘Come, for everything is now ready for you!’ 18 But one by one they all made excuses. One said, ‘I can’t come. I just bought some property and I’m obligated to go and look it over.’ 19 Another said, ‘Please accept my regrets, for I just purchased five teams of oxen[c] and I need to make sure they can pull the plow.’ 20 Another one said, ‘I can’t come because I just got married.’ 21 “The servant reported back to the host and told him of all their excuses. So the master became angry and said to his servant, ‘Go at once throughout the city and invite anyone you find—the poor, the blind, the disabled, the hurting, and the lonely—and invite them to my banquet.’ 22 “When the servant returned to his master, he said, ‘Sir, I have done what you’ve asked, but there’s still room for more.’ 23 “So the master told him, ‘All right. Go out again, and this time bring them all back with you. Persuade the beggars on the streets, the outcasts, even the homeless. Urgently insist that they come in and enjoy the feast so that my house will be full.’ 24 “I say to you all, the one who receives an invitation to feast with me and makes excuses will never enjoy my banquet.

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