You Can Have It All!!
Matthew 20:1-16
1 "For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. 2 Now when he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard. 3 And he went out about the third hour and saw others standing idle in the marketplace, 4 and said to them, 'You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you.' So they went. 5 Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did likewise. 6 And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing idle, and said to them, 'Why have you been standing here idle all day?' 7 They said to him, 'Because no one hired us.' He said to them, 'You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right you will receive.' 8 So when evening had come, the owner of the vineyard said to his steward, 'Call the laborers and give them their wages, beginning with the last to the first.' 9 And when those came who were hired about the eleventh hour, they each received a denarius. 10 But when the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise received each a denarius. 11 And when they had received it, they complained against the landowner, 12 saying, 'These last men have worked only one hour, and you made them equal to us who have borne the burden and the heat of the day.' 13 But he answered one of them and said, 'Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Did you not agree with me for a denarius? 14 Take what is yours and go your way. I wish to give to this last man the same as to you. 15 Is it not lawful for me to do what I wish with my own things? Or is your eye evil because I am good?' 16 So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few chosen."
For those of us who were caught up and/or swept away in the 60’s as young people, here is some very good news... You can come to Jesus at any time and not lose out on a thing. You get it all! When you receive Christ, you experience Salvation. The Holy Spirit will dwell within you to help. You receive Spiritual Gifts. You are presented Eternal Life as a free gift. You can enjoy Intimacy With The Father. You gain the right to enter into God’s Presence Into The Holy of Holies! You are given the opportunity to be able to experience the Peace that Passes All Understanding. You get it all! So, don’t let anyone tell you it’s too late. Don’t allow yourself to reason that it is too late. Don’t allow Satan to paint God in your thinking as a man or as one who thinks and acts like men. DO allow yourself to believe and enter in. Depend on the goodness of God. Depend on the one who came to earth, lived a perfect life then gave that life as a sacrifice for your sins and mine. “He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?” (Romans 8:32) Your wages will be the same as those who entered in at the first hour. You get it all! Some who are still carnal and still think like men; those who do not really discern the goodness of God and who expect to gain salvation, blessings or intimacy by their own efforts, will not look favorably upon this truth. However, don’t let that derail you. Look to God alone. Men have not saved you up to this point. What makes you think any of their systems of personality cults will be able to save you in the future? Furthermore, men couldn’t save you if they would and they wouldn’t save you if they could. How’s that for tellin’ it like it really is? Here is how John states it in the book of the Revelation...
Revelation 5:1-5
1 And I saw in the right hand of Him who sat on the throne a scroll written inside and on the back, sealed with seven seals. 2 Then I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, "Who is worthy to open the scroll and to loose its seals?" 3 And no one in heaven or on the earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll, OR LOOK AT IT. 4 So I wept much, because no one was found worthy to open and read the scroll, or to look at it. 5 But one of the elders said to me, "Do not weep. Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has prevailed to open the scroll and to loose its seven seals."
Did you catch that?! No one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll OR TO LOOK AT IT. I don’t think it can be stated any more definitively than that! Those who might trouble you as you are entering into the Kingdom of God, themselves, cannot even look at the scroll wherein is locked the disposition of the secrets of all the ages. No room for the old “one up” game here. Only the ONE who has paid the price is worthy and able. The ONE who has paid the price gets to make all the rules. Jesus says, come, and by the way, you get the full benefit. You get it all!
I don’t know what song you have been singing up to this point in your life. Whatever your life song has been or wherever the melody has taken you up ‘til now, you are invited by the ONE who makes all the rules to take up a New Song in your mouth: “And they sang a new song, saying: "You are worthy to take the scroll, And to open its seals; For You were slain, And have redeemed us to God by Your blood Out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation”. Then, as amazing and as unfathomable as it may seem and as impossible as it sounds... YOU GET IT ALL! We are on the precipice of the culmination of history. The scroll is about to be opened. The stakes are ALL or NOTHING. I am praying that you will choose ALL!! All barriers have been lifted. It's your choice alone. Drop the pride. Drop the self sufficiency. The weight will be lifted. The fire in your belly will be quenched. The Peace that passes all understanding will flood your heart and soul. The ability to Love will be restored. The ability to see and live life beyond yourself and your own interests will be granted.
Please just do this one thing... Ask Jesus to come into your life and He will start to teach you about ALL of the things that become yours. You will never regret it! It will be hard at times but always worth it. Just take the little bit of faith that you have and hold it out in your hand to Jesus. Yes, right now, if you feel led to do it... Visualize placing all the faith that you have into your palms and stretch your hands out to Jesus. Let Him come to you and take it. In His hands, it will become all that you need. In return for your faith, no matter how small, you get it ALL!
If you need to know more about how to accept Christ as Savior please go to my blog, www.themaddtheologian.com.
Revelation 5:6-12
6 And I looked, and behold, F38 in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as though it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent out into all the earth. 7 Then He came and took the scroll out of the right hand of Him who sat on the throne. 8 Now when He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each having a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. 9 And they sang a new song, saying: "You are worthy to take the scroll, And to open its seals; For You were slain, And have redeemed us to God by Your blood Out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation, 10 And have made us kings and priests to our God; And we shall reign on the earth." 11 Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne, the living creatures, and the elders; and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands, 12 saying with a loud voice: "Worthy is the Lamb who was slain To receive power and riches and wisdom, And strength and honor and glory and blessing!"
Larry Grizzle
02/12/2008
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