Luke 14:1,7–14
On one occasion when Jesus was going to the
house of a leader of the Pharisees to eat a meal on the sabbath, they were
watching him closely. When he noticed how the guests chose the places of
honour, he told them a parable. "When you are invited by someone to a
wedding banquet, do not sit down at the place of honour, in case someone more
distinguished than you has been invited by your host; and the host who invited
both of you may come and say to you, 'Give this person your place,' and then in
disgrace you would start to take the lowest place. But when you are invited, go
and sit down at the lowest place, so that when your host comes, he may say to
you, 'Friend, move up higher'; then you will be honoured in the presence of all
who sit at the table with you. For all who exalt themselves will be humbled,
and those who humble themselves will be exalted."
Reflection
How difficult it is to practice the art of
humility?
How difficult it is not to take the best
seat, grab the best bargain, and be first in the queue for the concert I must
see?