Humble Living

My church, Ada Bible, is reading through the New Testament in 8 weeks. Crazy? Not really...more like awesome. It has been a true blessing to read the deignated readings each day and know that hundreds, maybe even thousands are reading the exact passages as well.

Through are readings we are asked to ponder five different questions...
1. What was new or compelling to you?
2. What questions did you have?
3. What did you learn about God?
4. What did you learn about yourself?
5. How might this change the way you live?

My small group ( 6 girls coming together to support one another in life and faith) has met every Thursday thus far to discuss this book-we are in week 2.

I have read through the New Testament before, but we were given the book, The Books of the Bible, which is an NIV version of the Bible that has eliminated the chapter and verse numbers to read more like a story. It has been so cool to see how much of a story the Bible really is.


This story hit me hard when I read it...Luke 14:7-14

When he noticed how the guests picked the places of honor at the table, he told them this parable: ⁸ “When someone invites you to a wedding feast, do not take the place of honor, for a person more distinguished than you may have been invited. ⁹ If so, the host who invited both of you will come and say to you, ‘Give this person your seat.’ Then, humiliated, you will have to take the least important place. ¹⁰ But when you are invited, take the lowest place, so that when your host comes, he will say to you, ‘Friend, move up to a better place.’ Then you will be honored in the presence of all the other guests. ¹¹ For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”
¹² Then Jesus said to his host, “When you give a luncheon or dinner, do not invite your friends, your brothers or sisters, your relatives, or your rich neighbors; if you do, they may invite you back and so you will be repaid. ¹³ But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, ¹⁴ and you will be blessed. Although they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”


How easy it is in our lives to pick the biggest, greatest, most glamorous items or places. How often do we look over people in need and focus on ourselves? How often do we desire LESS> of us and MORE< of Him?

Be humble. Be blessed.