Feast

 But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind,
Luke 14:13 ESV
https://bible.com/bible/59/luk.14.13.ESV

When we think of hospitality, we often think of inviting our friends round. Etymologically however, hospitality is 'kindness to strangers'. By all means we can socialise with friends, but we ought also to heed Christ's command here.

If we invite our friends round, they're likely to invite us back, and so we get our reward. If, however, we invite those who cannot repay us, Jesus says we get rewarded in heaven. So we should be encouraged to be hospitable.

Of course, we shouldn't just be hospitable for the reward. We should be so because it's the right thing to do. We ought to do to others what we would have them do to us.

Sadly, we needn't look far to find the poor in our world. Can we volunteer in a soup kitchen or a food bank? Or could we take up the initiative and set up our own thing?

'Dear Lord, thank You for inviting poor sinners like us to Your heavenly feast. May we call others to join us. For Your praise and glory we pray, amen'