Matthew 20:1 “The kingdom of heaven is like a land owner who went out early in the morning to hire labourers for his vineyard.”
Dear God,
I thank You for all the bird song and noises, as they happily use their gifts to greet this new day. Even the raucous pet cockatoo from several houses away, is making his unmusical sounds with fervour, announcing his presence.
I am so grateful to You Jesus, for You created all things, and as the Son of God and Commander of the angels, You were beloved in heaven and yet You still gave Your all on behalf of mankind when You lived on earth in the bodily form of a man; and now You are ministering in the heavenly temple.
It is love so amazing and love that is absolutely divine; a priceless gift beyond compare and it has been and is still, offered free to everyone, including me. Hallelujah! We are bathed in Your love, as we are rescued by Your love and service for the inhabitants of earth.
When here among people, You spent much time revealing Your Father, for You and He are one in all things and ways. With patient love and persistence, You teach us all things needful for our salvation and what heaven, Your heavenly home is like.
Because all of heaven loves everyone from earth so much, they want as many as possible to accept salvation, and come live with them for evermore. In our sinful state here on earth, we could not be in heaven not transformed, because we would be killed instantly by the glory of both You Father, and You Jesus.
We have the Bible record of Your wonderful ministry, which continues to draw us as it did people then. Your recorded words of teaching continue still to teach, on subjects such as, how to be Your true child, that it is possible to be redeemed from sin and transformed into a sinless person who can behold God in His glory. This is evidenced by Moses to whom was given a glimpse of Your glory, Father God, when with him on Mount Sinai. After Moses died, the scriptures tell us he was raised, given a transformed body and taken to heaven to be with You.
Not only has Moses gone before, showing how we are taken to heaven, the parable about the wealthy landowner, that paid all those he had hired the same amount, no matter if they had worked 8 or 1 hour, tells me, that no matter if someone has loved You all their life, or just before they died, the reward is the same. I am glad to read in other parables that Jesus taught about the heavenly kingdom, that it does not matter in which time frame we have lived, or when and how we came to be His child; when He comes back to earth to redeem His own, all who are claimed by Him to be His, hear His voice and receive His reward.
Come Lord Jesus!
Amen