Matthew 20:1-16
"For the
Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who was the master of a household, who went out
early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.
When he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent
them into his vineyard.
He went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the
marketplace.
To them he said, 'You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right
I will give you.' So they went their way.
Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did
likewise.
About the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle.
He said to them, 'Why do you stand here all day idle?'
"They said to him, 'Because no one has hired us.' "He said
to them, 'You also go into the vineyard, and you will receive whatever is
right.'
When evening had come, the lord of the vineyard said to his steward,
'Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning from the last to the
first.'
"When those who were hired at about the eleventh hour came, they
each received a denarius.
When the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and
they likewise each received a denarius.
When they received it, they murmured against the master of the
household,
saying, 'These last have spent one hour, and you have made them equal
to us, who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat!'
"But he answered one of them, 'Friend, I am doing you no wrong.
Didn't you agree with me for a denarius?
Take that which is yours, and go your way. It is my desire to give to
this last just as much as to you.
Isn't it lawful for me to do what I want to with what I own? Or is
your eye evil, because I am good?'
So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called,
but few are chosen."
Insight- God is sovereign and gives to everyone as he chooses to.
God's own people, the Israelites could not complain if God gave salvation to
the gentiles, because that was his will.
Question- Do you feel on occasions that God is partial in his dealings
and do you complain to him about it?
Prayer- Dear Father in heaven, grant me grace to honor your
sovereignty and not to complain about matters difficult for me to understand.
In Jesus name. Amen.
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