Luke 14

But when you are invited, go and sit down in the lowest place, so that when he who invited you comes he may say to you, ‘Friend, go up higher.’ Then you will have glory in the presence of those who sit at the table with you. For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.” vv.10-11

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How hard is it for you to take a humble position?  It's easy to say but a lot harder to do.  If you just graduated from college with a bachelor's degree and go to start an internship and in that internship one of the things you have to do is clean the office bathroom, will you complain about it?  In your mind do you tell yourself 'I have a college degree and all I'm scrubbing toilets'?  Now do you find it easy to take the humble position?
The Lord uses a comparison here with sitting at a feast.  If one sits in an unnoticed position the guest of honor will notice you may put you in a more noticeable seat.  The Lord seems to be saying take the humble seat immediately, right when you walk in to this feast.  When the host notices he will exalt the one in the sight of many.  This would be honorable indeed.  Yet how shameful a feeling to take an exalted position and be lowered in the sight of all.  We find this similar teaching from Solomon in Proverbs 25:6-7, "Do not exalt yourself in the presence of the king, And do not stand in the place of the great; For it is better that he say to you, “Come up here,” Than that you should be put lower in the presence of the prince, Whom your eyes have seen."
Where in your life do you struggle to take a humble position waiting to be noticed?  Let God be the one to notice and exalt you than man's words that can bring pride.  We all are sinners save by grace and the most humble position we can take today and live out.