The Great Banquet
Someone gave a great dinner and invited many. At the time for the dinner he sent his slave to say to those who had been invited, 'Come, for everything is ready now.' But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said to him, 'I have bought a piece of land, and I must go out and see it; please accept my regrets.' Another said, 'I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to try them out; please accept my regrets.' Another said, 'I have just been married, and therefore I cannot come.' So the slave returned and reported this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and said to his slave, 'Go out at once into the streets and lanes of the town and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.' And the slave said, 'Sir, what you ordered has been done, and there is still room.' Then the master said to the slave, 'Go out into the roads and lanes, and compel people to come in, so that my house may be filled. For I tell you, none of those who were invited will taste my dinner.'
Luke 14:16-24
Jesus was eating at a Pharisee's house when a guest piously declared how blessed those who eat in the kingdom will be. This parable was his reply: the feast is real, and the invited are busy.
Nobody in the story rejects the feast for something evil. A field, some oxen, a marriage, all good things, all deadly as excuses. Meanwhile the master fills his table with everyone the religious world overlooked, and there is still room.
The greatest threat to your seat at the table is not sin but schedule. Say yes now. And if you feel unqualified, you are exactly who the servant is out looking for.