Read Luke 14:1, 7-14 with your family.

Have you ever been to a wedding? Lots of times kids and teenager are never invited, but sometimes they are. When you get to the reception it is usually a big hall, and almost every table has cards that say who is supposed to sit where. The people getting married and their families spend a lot of time making that decision so that no one sits in the wrong space or at the wrong table.

In Jesus’ time, there were no place cards, so when people attended a wedding reception, something that could go on for days if the family was rich enough and there was enough food and drink, people had to find their own seat. This story is like a warning. Pick the seat that you think is worse than the others. If the host is happy with where you are sitting, you have picked well. However, if the host wants you closer to the main table, have the host make that decision, not you. How embarrassing it would be in a room full of people to have the host tell you to move because someone else was more important.

Jesus was using this as an example of what it is like in God’s world. Do not assume that we are as important as we think we are. Now… the difference is in God’s world all of us are equal so there is no better or worse than anyone else. But in our world today, it is hard to remember that.