"A certain man was preparing a great banquet and invited many guests. At the time of the banquet he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited, 'Come for everything is now ready.' But they all alike began to make excuses. . . .
"The servant came back and reported this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and ordered his servant, 'Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind and the lame.'
"'Sir,' the servant said, 'what you ordered has been done, but there is still room.' Then the master told his servant, 'Go out to the roads and country lanes and make them come in, so that my house will be full.'" Luke 14:16-23
Jesus is like that servant, going out to the streets to invite you to God's house. Jesus will do whatever it takes to bring God's love to you. He himself explained the ultimate cost a friend would pay for those he loved:
"Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends." John 15:13
And that's just what Jesus did for you:
You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:6-8
If you will accept the great love of Jesus, this love that comes to the streets to find you, then nothing will ever be able to take this love away:
Who shall seperate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardhip or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? . . . No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, . . . nor anything else in all creation, will be able to seperate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:35-39
Jesus came to change lives. First he told hurting people what kind of change they could expect:
"Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be satisfired. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh." Luke 6:20-21
Then he went out and lived with them, ate and drank with them, and then touched and changed them.
Jesus went out and saw a tax collector by the name of Levi sitting at this tax booth. "Follow me," Jesus said to him, and Levi got up, left everything and followed him. Then Levi held a great banquet for Jesus at his house, and a large crowd of tax collectors and others were eating with them. But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law who belonged to their sect complained to his disciples, "Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and 'sinners'?" Luke 5:27-30
As Jesus approached Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging. When he heard the crowd going by, he asked what was happening. They told him, "Jesus of Nazareth is passing by." He called out, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!" Those who led the way rebuked him and told him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more, "Son of David, have mercy on me!" Jesus stopped and ordered the man to be brought to him. When he came near, Jesus asked him, "What do you want me to do for you?" "Lord, I want to see," he replied.
Jesus said to him, "Recieve your sight; your faith has healed you." Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus, praising God. Luke 18:35-43