'Why do you stand here idle all day?'
They answered, 'Because no one has hired us.'
He said to them, 'You too go into my vineyard.'
It is never too late. We need to hear Jesus call us out into his vineyard. In the light of eternity all time, whether the last hour, or the last few hours, is brief. The reward is beyond proportion. It is the master's to give and we never really earn it.
The calling is so important because all alternatives to the kingdom fall short. Those interested in worldly power often prove to be only those who are interested in pursuing that power. Good people are too busy with the goodnesf of the world and of their lives to care about power.
Then all the trees said to the buckthorn, 'Come; you reign over us!'
But the buckthorn replied to the trees,
'If you wish to anoint me king over you in good faith,
come and take refuge in my shadow.
What does this have to do with the vineyard and the calling to go out? Everything. We are called to service! The calling to the vineyard is not the calling to pride and power, but it does minister to the world just as the world needs. The vineyard trains us to be servant leaders, not interested in pursuing our own rewards, but working instead for the sake of the Master and for his Kingdom.
Or am I not free to do as I wish with my own money?
Are you envious because I am generous?'
Thus, the last will be first, and the first will be last.
The moral of the story remains simply. It is not too late! Let's get to work!
Great is his glory in your victory;
majesty and splendor you conferred upon him.
You made him a blessing forever,
you gladdened him with the joy of your face.
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