On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee,

and the mother of Jesus was there;

and both Jesus and His disciples were invited to the wedding.

John 2:1-2

invite

1) to call

a) to call aloud, utter in a loud voice

b) to invite

2) to call i.e. to name, by name, to give a name to

(Greek definition using Strong’s Concordance)

Invitations indicate at least some level of familiarity.  You don’t send strangers invitations to your party.  Especially your wedding party.  That would be a social faux pas.  Jesus went to parties.  That might shatter the pious, reverent, boring picture of the Son of God for you but the truth is that Jesus loved being with people while He was here on earth.  He was a guest at weddings, dinner parties, funerals and religious events.  People invited Him.  He was welcomed.  They called Him and He came.  His Name was uttered.  It’s really the same today.

Call on Me and I will answer you,

and I will tell you great and mighty things,

which you do not know.

Jeremiah 33:3

This made me wonder how much we call out to God.  Do we?  I mean really.  Is He invited, called out to come to your party?  Is He welcome in the deepest parts of your soul?  Do you call Him when things are going great for you or is He a “crisis only” God?  He was invited to a wedding.  Someone wanted Him there.  To celebrate and dance and drink wine (oops!  Sorry all of you Southern Baptists out there!).  And then there’s the verse in Jeremiah.  I have to wonder what we miss simply because we don’t call out to Him.  He says He’ll answer us!  Imagine that – the God of the Universe answers us.

Who gets your invitations?  Who do you call?  Who comes to your parties?