"COME UP HIGHER"

When I was praying and thinking of God this morning He impressed upon me that we need to come up higher - up into HIS presence. Luke 14:7-14

7 And He began speaking a parable to the invited guests when He noticed how they had been picking out the places of honor at the table; saying to them, 8 "When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not take the place of honor, lest someone more distinguished than you may have been invited by him, 9 and he who invited you both shall come and say to you,' Give place to this man,' and then in disgrace you proceed to occupy the last place. 10 "But when you are invited, go and recline at the last place, so that when the one who has invited you comes, he may say to you, 'Friend, move up higher'; then you will have honor in the sight of all who are at the table with you. 11 "For everyone who exalts himself shall be humbled, and he who humbles himself shall be exalted."

12 And He also went on to say to the one who had invited Him, "When you give a luncheon or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors, lest they also invite you in return, and repayment come to you. 13 "But when you give a reception, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, 14 and you will be blessed, since they do not have the means to repay you; for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous. "
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Where do you stop with the word of God? I am so grateful that God has invited us to come up higher, Jesus made a way for us to enter in, He longs for us to dwell in His presence, He doesn't turn us away, He wants us to lay our heads on His breast, He calls us friend - He has extended that invitation to each one of us - "Come up Higher" - Just something to think about!!!!