"For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard. He agreed to pay them a denarius for the day and sent them into his vineyard ..."At least that's the way The Grape Pickers Union looked at it! There was a full on demonstration! There was anger. There was yelling! Protests. He's unfair! A Rich Man against us poor!
~ Matthew 20: 1-16
What right has the Lord hiring some local "scabs" for a few hours work and paying them same wages as those who had worked the whole hot day! It isn't fair, the grape workers chanted! The Lord bi-passed the Union and no one, but no one does that!
And even today, by our standards it looks like God acted unfairly!
When will we, God's own children, get it through our thick human heads that God thinks and judges differently than we do, and I might add, He has every right to do so! (Is.55:8)
Surprise! He changed the rules in favor of compassion. He had compassion on the poor who needed work, the few who would have worked that hot day but weren't given opportunity ... after all, He said, "it's my vineyard: it's my money and I'll do with it what pleases me." And compassion pleases Him! It's sad that Godly mercy, compassion and grace doesn't seem to filter through to His earthly family.
God has the right to bless whom He wants, the way He wants and wherever He wants ... so be it GRACE!
