by TheRestlessPilgrim | Sep 19, 2018 | Blog, Reflections From Matthew
Matthew 20:14 “Take what is yours and go your way. I wish to give to this last man the same as to you.” The workers who had been idle and who had agreed to work for a set pay became jealous because the landowner had decided to pay all the workers equally, irrespective...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Sep 18, 2018 | Blog, Reflections From Matthew
Matthew 20:9 “And when those came who were hired about the eleventh hour, they each received a denarius.” God is extremely gracious. Despite my not deserving to serve Him and despite the limitedness in my service to Him, He still chooses to pay me in full as though I...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Sep 17, 2018 | Blog, Reflections From Matthew
Matthew 20:3 “And he went out about the third hour and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,” It is shameful that while God is actively hiring men and women for His vineyard, scores of believers stand by idle, saying no one has hired us. God is hiring and we...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Sep 16, 2018 | Blog, Reflections From Matthew
Matthew 20:2 “Now when he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard.” God is such a benevolent leader. Although He owns everything, He still pays to use what He owns. In this parable of the kingdom, the landowner agreed to pay...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Sep 15, 2018 | Blog, Reflections From Matthew
Matthew 20:1 “For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.” God is always recruiting and so must I, on His behalf. From this story, it is clear that the Lord begins hiring people very early in the...
