The Invitation
She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,
Proverbs 9:3
In the first part of this chapter, Solomon describes the invitation from wisdom. It is a graphical depiction of the invitation to each of us to gain wisdom. It mirrors our invitation from our Savior to a new life available only through Him. Each of these invitations required great effort by the inviter. The invited only had to accept the invitation.
Now that we have accepted the invitation to accept Jesus as our Savior, we have become His living invitation to others. By our actions and words, we show the love of Christ to others. I often wonder what type of invitation I am. While I would like to be the impressive, formal invitation that causes the invited to catch their breath as they open the envelope, I often fall short. I feel more like the tattered, torn and smudged invitation that few bother to open. However, I am comforted by the fact that when Jesus chose his disciples, he didn’t choose the affluent, educated individuals with a polished appearance. Rather, he chose the unlikely. And I am proof that He still chooses the unlikely (me) today.
The question is how much effort are we putting into our physical invitation to show Christ’s love to others? When we measure our efforts against those of wisdom’s invitation or our Lord’s invitation, we fall short. Let us remember today that as we interact with others we are delivering an invitation from our Master. Let’s make it impressive vice tattered!
Proverbs 9:3
In the first part of this chapter, Solomon describes the invitation from wisdom. It is a graphical depiction of the invitation to each of us to gain wisdom. It mirrors our invitation from our Savior to a new life available only through Him. Each of these invitations required great effort by the inviter. The invited only had to accept the invitation.
Now that we have accepted the invitation to accept Jesus as our Savior, we have become His living invitation to others. By our actions and words, we show the love of Christ to others. I often wonder what type of invitation I am. While I would like to be the impressive, formal invitation that causes the invited to catch their breath as they open the envelope, I often fall short. I feel more like the tattered, torn and smudged invitation that few bother to open. However, I am comforted by the fact that when Jesus chose his disciples, he didn’t choose the affluent, educated individuals with a polished appearance. Rather, he chose the unlikely. And I am proof that He still chooses the unlikely (me) today.
The question is how much effort are we putting into our physical invitation to show Christ’s love to others? When we measure our efforts against those of wisdom’s invitation or our Lord’s invitation, we fall short. Let us remember today that as we interact with others we are delivering an invitation from our Master. Let’s make it impressive vice tattered!
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