DAILY READINGS: 2 Kings 10; Jeremiah 45-47; Hebrews 12:1-17
The servant said, Lord, it is done as Thou hast commanded, and yet there is room. Luke 14:22
A great banquet had been prepared. Invitations had been distributed, and for a variety of reasons, declined. Upon hearing of the ungrateful response, the host directed his servants to go into the highways and compel people to come and fill his house and enjoy his banquet. Yet even after doing that, there was still room—thank God. Many today refuse the invitation of the Saviour’s offer of free salvation and do so to the peril of their everlasting salvation. Let us redouble our efforts to compel and constrain unheeding sinners to accept the Saviour’s salvation. —Arnot P. McIntee
Come, there’s bread in the house of thy Father, and to spare,
Lo! The table is spread and the feast is waiting there. —C. H. Gabriel