Reflect
When I read today’s passage, if I’m honest with myself, I have two different (and maybe conflicting) reactions in my heart. When I first read that the workers at the end of the day received the same as the workers who had been working all day, I can easily empathize with them and I hear my heart cry out, “That’s not fair!” But at the same time, I also empathize with those late day workers and think, “Wow, what generosity!”
There seems to be something in us that longs for things to be fair. But in reality, there is so much about our faith that isn’t fair. And I’m actually so thankful for that.
It really isn’t fair that I receive the grace that I do. I definitely don’t deserve it. It isn’t fair that I can come to God again and again asking for forgiveness, and He so graciously and generously welcomes me home. It isn’t fair that there is nothing I can do to earn anything more or less than what I’ve been given by Jesus. It isn’t fair, and for all of this, I’m actually so thankful.
What a generous God we serve. May God work in my heart when I slide into thinking that I’m hard done by, and may I return to him again and again, with such gratitude for His great generosity.
Pastor Dave
Pray
- Pray for Pastor Dan, our Lead Team Pastor and his family.
- Pray for our Young Adults Pastor, Nathanael Trinh, his ministry, and his family.
- Pray for our Congregational Life Pastor, Melissa Chaffee and her family.
- Pray for our Communications Specialist, Katrina Grey.
- Pray for our McKernan Groups Assistant, Noah Okken.
- Pray for all our small group leaders.