Matthew 22:3 · World English Bible
Matthew 22:3 Meaning And Sent Out His Servants to Call
and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding feast, but they would not come.
What does Matthew 22:3 mean?
The call to joy goes out continually, carried by every gentle thought that reminds the mind of where it belongs, and still the mind refuses. The refusal is not because the invitation is hard but because accepting it means letting go of the small self that prefers its own company to union.
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The call to joy goes out continually, carried by every gentle thought that reminds the mind of where it belongs, and still the mind refuses. The refusal is not because the invitation is hard but because accepting it means letting go of the small self that prefers its own company to union.
What looks like God's absence is only this declined welcome, repeated. The feast never withdraws, and the messengers keep coming, so the delay belongs entirely to the mind that will not yet say yes to its own happiness.
Servants: the loving thoughts sent again and again to remind the mind of the joy prepared for it. Wedding: the union the mind is invited into and keeps refusing.
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Live Matthew 22:3 today
- There is a message sitting unanswered because answering means letting someone in. Answer it today, even badly.
- When a friend offers to come over or help, say yes instead of "I'm fine." Let them show up, and do not apologize for the state of the kitchen.
- Tonight, when the pull is to stay up alone with the screen because it asks nothing of you, go be with whoever is in the next room for ten minutes.
What good thing have I been saying no to without ever calling it a no?
The same truth in other traditions
Buddhism · the Buddha's first teaching
The doors to the deathless are open, and we keep walking past them out of habit. Our own familiar misery feels safer than an unfamiliar freedom.
Sufism · Rumi
The guest has been standing at your door all along. You lock it from the inside and then complain about being alone.
Stoicism · Marcus Aurelius
You keep postponing the life available to you right now. You already have permission to be good and at peace, and still you wait.
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