There is a
parable in Mathew 20 in which Jesus talks about Laborers in the Vineyard. In it, the master
of the house goes out to find laborers to work in his vineyard and promises to
pay them a certain sum. He later goes out and finds more workers and promises
to pay them. This goes on a couple more times until it’s time to pay out the
workers. In the end all of the workers make the same amount. The workers that
have been there the entire day are a little upset about this as they thought
they deserved more. Interestingly, rather than capitulating to the demand the
master of the house responds with a beautiful statement: “Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Did you not agree with me for a denarius? Take
what belongs to you and go. I choose to give to this last worker as I give to
you. Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or do you
begrudge my generosity?”
How often in life do we complain about others
getting blessings from God. How often are we guilty of chastising God for
giving to others what we want. How quickly we often forget God’s generosity in
our own lives. Many times we are so busy looking at what others have that we
neglect to see what God has provided for us in our own lives.
How about for the next week you look to what God
has provided you in your life? Not the things you think you want, or perhaps
think you need; but the things you already have that God has generously given
to you. Let’s not begrudge God’s generosity.
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