To whom hasn't heard of the vineyard story, in summary it's about this land owner who hires men to work for him at different times of the day. The catch though is that he promises the same wage to all the men, despite how many hours of work they have done, also, he begins paying the ones who arrived at last, and then pays last the ones who began working early in the morning.
With that story Jesus wanted to tell us that it doesn't matter what we do, and how much effort we put into things, we all deserve the same amount of Grace because in truth we are all sinners, made of the same flash.
He also gets me thinking that some of us were built to be the first workers, waking up early, working long hours, and some others were built to come in at the last minute and still receive the same payment. Who is better than who, it's not up to us to judge, but how our hearts respond if we are the hard workers or the lazy bums is what matters.
Let's say I was in the place of the early worker, I might be pretty mad by being paid the same as the guy who arrived at last, I understand the point of view, but what Jesus is trying to say is that, receive what you got thankfully, and realize it was given to you by Mercy and Grace, not because we deserve it.
And if I was at the late comer position who worked only one hour, barely sweat, and then gets the same payment, I'm sue God is looking into my heart to see if I am just humbly thankful knowing that He is acting on Grace with me, or if I get myself all proud just because I ripped somebody off and had advantage over others.
No position is easy, and they are no position is better than the other. It's the heart's challenge that matters, not the outcome I believe.
God does the things that only He understands, who am I to question?
I minus just enjoy what He gracefully gave me, and bow to Him, every day of my life.
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