Daily Worship

Bring ‘em all in

Albert Bogle November 06, 2016 0 0

Luke 14: 22-23

22 ‘“Sir,” the servant said, “what you ordered has been done, but there is still room.”

23 ‘Then the master told his servant, “Go out to the roads and country lanes and compel them to come in, so that my house will be full.

This song takes me back to the time when I was working as part of the Church Without Walls Group in the early naughties.  We were all finding ourselves challenged to lay aside our preconceived ideas about each other and to embrace the gospel message of grace forgiveness and reconciliation.
I remember going to a Mike Scott Concert in the Glasgow Concert Hall at that time and being blown away with the message of this song. We have no right to restrict who hears the gospel. This song echoes the story that Jesus told about the King who instructed his servants to go out into the highways and the byways and bring them all into his banquet.

 

https://youtu.be/hCY7MHc-j4U

 

Lord,

I’m sorry about he value judgements I make

Forgive me when I have neglected to invite

A friend

A neighbour

A work colleague 

When I have decided 

They would never fit in

When I have decided 

They would only laugh

When I have decided 

It’s not their thing

When I have decided

They don’t deserve another chance

When I have decided

To ignore your 

Instructions

 

Lord

I’m sorry about my mean heart

Please help me change

Your generous heart 

Leaves me overwhelmed.