The Banquet

The parable of the Great Banquet in Luke 14:16-20 would have been a most appropriate reminder of what happens when we do not take the time to consecrate an activity to God, at yesterday's Closing Ceremony at the Morija Cultural festival. Very few people came to hear the king's address or enjoy the gospel concert. The atmosphere was dull as vendors packed up their wares and people started drifting away. Pastor Ray McCauley, in the televised broadcast of Rhema's morning service, had said that we will soon have to include shopping as one of the gifts of the spirit since more people today seem to operate in this than in the gifts of prophecy, healing, interpretation of tongues or discernment.