The Last Will Be First

From Darkness to Light  The Responsibilities of God's Call Not Many Elite Called Live in the light of God (Isaiah 2:5)  Matthew 20:6-1. New International Version The Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard 20 "For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard 6 About five in t, he found still others standing around. He asked them, 'Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?' 7 "'Because no one has hired us,' they answered. "He said to them, 'You also go and work in my vineyard.' 8 "When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, 'Call the workers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last ones hired and going on to the first.' 9 "The workers who were hired about five in the afternoon came and each received a denarius. 10 Sohired first came hired first, they expected to receive more. But each one of them also received a denarius. 11 When they received it, they began to grumble against the landowner. 12 '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 heatof the day.' 13 "But he answered one of them, 'I am not being unfair to you, friend. Didn't you agree to work for a denarius? 14 Take your pay and go. I want to give the one who was hired last the same as I gave you. 15 Don't I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Or are you envious because I am generous?' 16 "So the last will be first, and the first will be last." For Reflection Richard Rohr said, "I would interpret Jesus' strategy in this way: If you have been at the bottom, he assumes that you might have learned the lessons of powerlessness and humility (done the First Step, as the Twelve Step crowd would say)pretty he is quite anxious for you to experience instead your dignity, goodness, and iSo heer power. He is always quite lavish and immediate with his affirmations—even without checking someone's denominational affiliations or marital status." Rohr, Richard. Jesus' Alternative Plan: The Sermon on the Mount (p. 141). Franciscan Media. Kindle Edition.  Pray Pray so that you have humility. Pray so that you are not drawn into the secular-based assumptions of our time but are courageous enough two follow the wisdom in the way of Christ. Forward to a friend Sign up for our mailing list!