“These who were hired last worked only one hour, they said, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the work and the heat of the day.” Matthew 20:12
Jesus is telling of a parable about an owner who hired some workers to work in his vineyard. He hired different people at different times during the day. At the end of the day, he paid each worker the exact same pay. The workers who had been there all day grumbled about this.
This scene would be the same if it happened today in the workplace. In fact, today, some of the workers would be going to an attorney and begin the process to sue the employer.
In the next few verses, the employer in the parable asks if he cannot do what he wants with his money and if he cannot be generous.
This is a picture of life as a Christian. There are people who have served God their whole lives. Many who have gone through many struggles as a believer. Others, have just become a Christian, not gone through any struggles as a believer and then die. In the end, both will receive the gifts of eternal life and heaven.
Very often, people in the church complain about all the hard work that they do, as they see someone new not working as hard. Some will be working very hard for God, and are in constant struggles, while God is providing for them. Others, not working very hard, seem to have everything being provided for them.
The works that you do, will not make the gifts of God better or worse. It is just that you are serving God with all that is in you. God chooses what He will give and to who and when He will give it. He is generous to everyone.
When you see someone being blessed, be glad for them. Do not be envious. God is also being generous with you, just in a different way. Trust God and work for Him. Do not worry what others are getting.
I pray today that God will strengthen you in your work for Him; that God will show you the provision He is giving you; that God will honor your work for Him; that you will rejoice at others being blessed; and that God will continue to use you to build His kingdom.
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