Come To The Table, Luke 14 15-23
Luke 14 15-23
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Lyrics
\[Verse 1\] Working hard all week, running round the block Got our eyes on the prizes and we're watching the clock There's a feast laid out, burning bright and clear While we're busy chasing dollars, wasting all our years! \[Verse 2\] Got a million excuses why we gotta delay Bought a piece of land and we're working today We turn our backs on mercy for things we think we own Leaving grace in the dust, and walking on alone! \[Chorus\] Hey, come to the table! There is room for all! Hear the Master's invitation rising through the fall! His grace is overflowing, rolling like the sea— At His table tonight, We can finally be free! \[Verse 3\] Down on the street where the weary stay The lost and the lonely find a better way He brings us through the door where the lantern's high Underneath a wide and open, electric sky! \[Bridge\] He’s calling out our names now, we won't stay away! We're putting down our burdens, leaving yesterday! Just trust in Jesus Christ and let the healing start! Follow Him right home into a willing heart! \[Chorus\] Hey, come to the table! There is room for all! Hear the Master's invitation rising through the fall! His grace is overflowing, rolling like the sea— At His table tonight, We can finally be free! \[Outro\] Come on home to Jesus, find your rest at last! Leave behind the highway and the shadows of the past! In His love and grace, we are truly blessed! \[Punchy horn stabs, driving rock beat, enthusiastic vocal ad-libs fade out\]
Study notes
Key Themes and Meaning • The Universal Invitation: The banquet represents God's salvation and the joy of His kingdom, which is offered generously to people. • Flawed Excuses: The first-invited guests (representing self-sufficient or religious insiders who rejected Jesus) make trivial or superficial excuses involving property, work, and family to decline. These show that earthly distractions can harden people against spiritual priorities. • Inclusion of the Outcasts: Angered by the rejection, the master commands his servant to bring in the "poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame" from the streets, and later those from the highways. This demonstrates that God's grace prioritizes the humble, the broken, and those society rejects. • Urgency and Choice: A refusal has permanent consequences—those who turn down the invitation exclude themselves from the feast. Responding to God requires active faith, humility, and placing Him above material or social ties. -Google