“The workers who were hired about five o’clock came. Each received the usual day’s pay. So when those who were hired first came, they expected to receive more. But each of them also received the usual day’s pay. When they received it, they began to complain about the owner. ‘These people who were hired last worked only one hour,’ they said. ‘You have paid them the same as us. We have done most of the work and have been in the hot sun all day.’ (Matthew 20: 9-12)
Oh, I know life is not fair! Some seem to work and grind day after day, year after year and seem to get no where fast. Others seem to simply sit back and watch there riches multiply by the hour! Yet the answer lies is why we are working and for whom we are working, not merely how much we are earning!
You see, like the workers in the passage above, some seem to be getting over easy in life while many of us see no relief in sight. Day after day we labor, maybe not in the hot sun, but behind a desk, early mornings, late nights, frustrating assignments, even some challenging co-workers. All the while we hear and see others traveling the world, sailing on yachts, enjoying the best beaches with what seems like little work.
Well, what God has for them is for them! We simply need to realize we are working for more than just a paycheck . . . we are working to please the Lord and care for our loved ones.
Your labor is not in vain! (1 Corinthians 15:58)
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