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Daily Devotionals
Day by Day Devotional - Year 4 of 5
Luke 14:1-14
Once again we find the Lord in a Pharisee’s house, and the object of evil hostility. They watched Him (v. 1) so as to find fault with Him on the question of the Sabbath. But the Lord Jesus heals the man of his palsy and as in Luke 13:17 silences His adversaries. Then it is His turn to look at them (v. 7). His all-seeing eye scrutinises those who take the highest places around the table. The world is like that; it respects those who gain the greatest honours or take the best pickings. Christians, however, will always be happiest in the lowest place, because it is there that we meet the Lord Jesus! We do not need to wonder what place the Lord occupied as He made these observations, for the Pharisee does not seem to have intended to make Him go up higher.
If the Lord Jesus has a lesson to teach the fellow guests, He also has one for the master of the house. He taught the guests about the place they should choose; He taught the host about the guests he should invite. The Lord always wants us to examine the motives behind our actions – is it the hope of gaining reward or respect? Or is it love which is satisfied in its devotion to Him?
