Jesus gives great hope to us when He says in Luke 13:29, “And they will come from east and west and from north and south, and will recline at the table in the kingdom of God.” That’s why you and I are in the kingdom of God today. Jesus didn’t stay in Jerusalem. He has come all the way to North America, all the way to the South Western United States, to Southern California, and a town there called, Pasadena. When Jesus said they would come from the east and west and north and south, He meant it, didn’t He?

Once upon a time some folks asked Jesus, “Lord, are they just a few who are being saved?” (Luke 13:23), and He never really answered their question. He just said, “They will come from east and west and north and south.” It’s almost as if Jesus in his silence is saying, “a head count is not what we’re looking for. What we’re looking for is the ever-expanding table of the Lord where there’s always room for one more.”

It took the ever-expanding table of God about 2000 years to work its way to the place where I came to know there was room for me at the table. Where were you when the folks at the table made room for you? Maybe it really isn’t head-counting we need. Maybe we just need to always be on the lookout for that one more who will come from the east or west or north or south.

We can be sure of one thing – Jesus is certainly on the lookout. And, our faith tells us that He has called us to be alongside Him as He makes his appeal to citizens of the planet.

We’ve a story to tell and a life to live. Let’s tell the story clearly and live the life unambiguously.