Overflow - A Grateful Heart Is A Generous Life
Overflow - A Grateful Heart Is A Generous Life Part 4, Marcus Avalos
A grateful heart is a generous life. This series reminds us how our private devotion leads to public overflow through giving, loving, and sharing the Gospel.
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THE TABLE IS OPEN Luke 14:15–24
Have you ever walked into a room and instantly felt, “I belong here”? A table set… chairs ready… something good in the air. There’s a kind of table that feeds more than your stomach — it feeds your soul.
WE LIVE IN THE AGE OF EXCUSES We’re exhausted, overloaded, drowning in noise. Beneath it all rise three quiet questions: Does anyone want me? Is there a place for me? Does anyone see me? Into that ache, Jesus tells a story about a table.
THE GREAT SUPPER A man prepares a feast and invites many: “Come, everything is ready!” But one by one, excuses surface — property, work, relationships. Not rejection… just distraction.
So the Master widens the circle: “Go invite the poor, the hurting, the lonely.” Still more room. “Go again. Bring the outcasts. Make sure they know they’re welcome.”
A PREPARED TABLE This isn’t last-minute. It’s ready. Not “Get your life together” — just “Come.” This is grace that goes ahead of you.
THE EXCUSES No one said the feast wasn’t good — they were simply busy. C.S. Lewis wrote, “We are half-hearted creatures… fooling about with lesser things when infinite joy is offered us.”
What excuses keep you from His table?
NO EMPTY CHAIRS IN THE KINGDOM God refuses to waste grace. When some walk away, He invites more. David the overlooked, Gideon the afraid, the woman at the well, the thief on the cross — God kept making room.
BUT THERE’S STILL ROOM FOR MORE Shame? Fear? Distraction? Feeling unworthy? Everything is ready. Come.
WHAT DO WE DO WITH THIS STORY?
Say yes while the invitation is fresh. There will never be a perfect time — choose Him in the middle of your real life.
Create space for what matters. Every yes requires a no. Rearrange your life around the feast you’re invited to.
Invite someone who thinks they don’t belong. This story is about coming — and inviting.
BRING IT HOME There is a real table, set by a real Father, with real grace for real people. At this table: shame fades, storms quiet, stories change, and the weary find rest.
Your seat is prepared. Your name is spoken. “Come, for all things are now ready.”
The only question left: Will you make room?
Because when a church sits at the table… the city tastes the Kingdom.
