When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room; lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him;
And he that bade thee and him come and say to thee,
Give this man place; and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room.
But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room;
that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee,
Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have worship
in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee. Luke 14:8-10
This is not just for the Earthly situations, but this is about Heavenly situations as well.
Take a lower seat.
Let Jesus exalt you.
If you exalt yourself, you will be humbled.
There are positions in His kingdom.
From great in the Kingdom of Heaven to the least in the Kingdom of Heaven.
Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments,
and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven:
but whosoever shall do and teach them,
the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 5:19
Which commandments is Jesus talking about?
The beginning of the list of commandments during this sermon,
The Sermon on the Mount, Matthew 5-7,
tells us how important it is to follow His commandments.
There are many commandments and admonitions of the Lord.
Following His commandments is part of humbling yourself before the Lord.
Those people who say we have no responsibilities before the Lord
after we become saved are missing the mark.
Jesus teaches us many things and we are expected by Him to follow them.
If we don’t, we are acting in pride and we may very well have lost the fear of the Lord.