Wednesday August 23, 2017
Why are there still people standing idle at the eleventh hour? Because no one picked them. Why didn’t they get picked? Possibly because no one wanted them. It is likely that not being picked was no fault of theirs. When a landlord comes looking for potential laborers, it is the strongest and the most youthful that he wants. Landlords who did not get the best workers would have to choose the second best. The weakest, oldest, and sickly would be rejected. Not only would they not get picked, but they would also become objects of ridicule and humiliation by others. How would these workers find a job? How would they feed their family if no one picked them? Wouldn’t some landlord have the heart to be generous to these unfortunate people?
God, the landlord, will. He comes looking for people even up to the eleventh hour. He would pick those whom others have not picked. He would pay them the same wages he had promised the strongest and the proficient. On His land, He does not go by efficient working, but by inclusive loving. Do we have any objections?
