{"id":12237,"date":"2020-08-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-18T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ucbasiapacific.org\/?p=12175"},"modified":"2020-08-19T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-18T14:00:00","slug":"theres-a-place-at-the-table-for-all-of-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.laiffm.org\/theres-a-place-at-the-table-for-all-of-us\/","title":{"rendered":"There\u2019s a Place at the Table for All of Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u2018&#8230;they made Him a supper; Martha served&#8230;Lazarus&#8230;sat at the table with Him.\u2019 John 12:2 NKJV<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead, we read: <i>\u2018a dinner was given in Jesus\u2019 honour.\u2019<\/i> (John 12:2 NIV) Martha served, Mary was there too, Lazarus talked to the guests. So, there\u2019s room at God\u2019s table for all kinds of people.  Let\u2019s take a closer look at Martha. Marthas are generally in the background with their sleeves rolled up, making sure everybody\u2019s fed and watered. They rarely seek the spotlight, and often we don\u2019t appreciate them until they\u2019re missing. The problem with Marthas is that they\u2019re inclined to make the mission more important than the Master. They need to remember that worship is also service.  Marys tend to forget there are bills to be paid and meals to be cooked. Sometimes they act so heavenly-minded, they\u2019re no earthly use. They need to realise that service is worship too. But we need Marys; they bring passion to our worship, and you can always count on them to intercede [pray] with God on behalf of others. <i>\u2018&#8230;they flocked to see\u2026 the man Jesus had raised from the dead\u2026 because of him\u2026 many\u2026 believed in Jesus.\u2019<\/i> (John 12:9\u201311 NLT)  Lazarus had a story so amazing that those who heard it became instant converts. He reminds us that we each have a story to share about God\u2019s grace and mercy. When was the last time you shared yours?<\/p>\n<p>So, if you\u2019re a Martha, God sees your labour of love. If you\u2019re a Mary, He delights in your worship. If you\u2019re a Lazarus, He promises to honour your testimony. There\u2019s a place at the table for all of us!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.laiffm.org\/soulfood\/\">SoulFood<\/a>: Judg 4\u20136, Luke 15:1\u201310, Ps 119:97\u2013104, Pro 18:9<\/p>\n<p><em style=\"color: #41423d; font-family: arial, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-height: 18px;\">The Word for Today<\/em><span style=\"color: #41423d; font-family: arial, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-height: 18px;\"> is authored by Bob and Debby Gass and published under licence from UCB International Copyright \u00a9<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018&#8230;they made Him a supper; Martha served&#8230;Lazarus&#8230;sat at the table with Him.\u2019 John 12:2 NKJV After Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead, we read: \u2018a dinner was given in Jesus\u2019 honour.\u2019 (John 12:2 NIV) Martha served, Mary was there too, Lazarus talked to the guests. So, there\u2019s room at God\u2019s table for all kinds of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.laiffm.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12237"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.laiffm.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.laiffm.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.laiffm.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.laiffm.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.laiffm.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12237\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.laiffm.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.laiffm.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.laiffm.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}