It was helpful to me to see that Jesus' parable in Luke 14:7–11 is really not about the balance of things in this life (although it can and does apply), but ultimately it is about our final vindication before God because of Christ. Reflect on Piper's words:
"So here’s the life-changing truth: It is better to be thought worse than you are now, and have the Lord set things right in the last day, than to be thought better than you are now, only to have Jesus put you in your place in the end.
In other words, don’t care much about whether your family and friends and acquaintances and enemies know what you are really like. Be true, be real, be humble, and let the Lord settle the matter in the end. In that day, the price of taking the lower place will be seen to be very small."To God Alone be the Glory
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