too busy

The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son.  He sent his servants to those who had been invited to the banquet to tell them to come, but they refused to come.  Matthew 22:2-3

The King has prepared a banquet.  It is a wedding celebration.  A time of happiness and rejoicing.  The parable describes the king as sending repeated invitations.  "But they paid no attention and went off-one to his field, another to his business."  How can it be?  Who would want to miss a wedding celebration hosted by the King?  What business could be so important?!  

But it happens every day.  Not only when people ignore the Father's invitation to relationship with Him through faith in Jesus, but also in my own life.  The King has extended an invitation to me.  He has invited me to commune with Him, to know His heart and mind through Scripture, to be used by Him for His glorious purposes, to experience the fulness of joy in His presence.  How often could it be said of me that I "paid no attention and went off..."

Today I will slow down enough to be grateful for the invitation and to respond to it.  I wait eagerly for that day, when I will attend the wedding celebration as invited guest, daughter of the King, and bride.  And as I wait, I will spend time with God, seeking to know Him and to obey Him.  I don't want to be too busy for My King.