Let's Not Be Speechless

[S] Matthew 22:12 --
 ¹²and he said to him, 'Friend, how did you come in here without wedding clothes?' And the man was speechless.

[O] The man ended up in the marriage banquet and enjoying the feast with others but when he was asked how he came in there without the proper clothes, he could not answer, meaning he didn't know how that happened either -- i.e., who gave him permission to join the banquet.  Before he was asked this question, he did not think about why he was enjoying the feast.  This is one of the traps we must avoid where we just do things without really knowing why.  It could be just going with the flow or peer pressure, but in the end it's I need to know what I am doing rather than mindlessly going along so that when I am asked this type of a question, I would have a clear response back.

[A] Today on the Thanksgiving Day, I'm inviting some guests over for a dinner time together for a fellowship.  I am preparing my heart so that there may be a time to share about how we need to guide our lives with a clear purpose so that we won't be "speechless" when asked of how we got where we are headed.

[P] Dear Father, please grant through the working of Your Spirit today to have a wonderful time with guest and may Your love and presence fill this place.  In Jesus' name.  Amen.