Pious Lutheran

The Parable of the Laborers in the Vineyard , Rembrandt van Rijn, 1637 The Joy of Laboring in the Vineyard God receives us into the vineyard by Grace and the aim to be in the vineyard as part of God’s family, not just to receive payment The Kingdom of God is like unto a vineyard, a place of feasting and joy Living in the Kingdom is one of much labor, but because it’s labor in the vineyard it is always pleasant work I suspect that the parable of the laborers in the vineyard is many people’s most frustrating parable, because it’s just so unfair. Many people experience this today with inflation such that new hires often make nearly the same as a long-time employee with loads of experience. Today’s parable presents us with day-laborers, some of whom began work at the crack of dawn and bore the burden of the day and the scorching heat, and others who showed up at the final hour and hardly did any work. Yet, each of them received a denarius. So the longest working laborers point out the unfa...