St Matthew, Chapter 20, verse: 7a, No Man to hire.

Our paragraph topic is: (Parable of the laborers in the vineyard) Part 8. 

We continue with the parable of the laborers.  Christ relates this story to his disciples that they may have a better understanding of the kingdom of heaven.  Many times telling directly does not register but relating in a parable or a story goes into memory without having to be understood and later the meaning reveals itself.  This is how Christ taught his disciples and he teaches us today.

We are the sheep and he is the shepherd.  But there is a wolf that wants to scatter.  There is a wolf that wants to separate so that he may devour those that go astray.  Christ is here to protect, to provide, to love that which belongs to him and not to the wolf.  So he tells his disciples this simple story that they may have insight, that they may have understanding, that they may have truth of who they are in him.  In the story the house-holder asked the men in the market place why they stood about idle.  "They said to him, 'Because no man has hired us.' "  

Why do we stand about idle?  Why do we wait on man to give us something to do?  Why do we depend on that which can not as opposed to that which can?  We are independent of man and dependent on God our Father.  He will provide.  He will protect.  He will give all that is needed to survive in this world.  And yet we have not recollection of that fact.  We are not given that understanding.  We are not raised with the knowledge that God will provide.  We are given that we must strive and work and be our best that we may succeed.

And yet all that is needed is already given to us.  All that is required is provided if we only knew.  We go out into the world believing that we can have all that we see and desire.  We see the glitz and glamour of the world and we forget that we are children of God our Father.  He it is that gave us life.  He it is that provides for us.  He it is that loves us so much that he sacrificed his most precious son that we may have life.

We were dead.  We lost our life.  We transgressed and were punished by the judge.  But the judge was lenient.  The judge was merciful.  The judge was loving and he sought to give us another chance to have life again.  We wait idly for the world to provide for us but the world can only provide death.  We wait idly for the world to save us but the world can only condemn us.  We wait idly for the world to protect us but the world will only destroy us.  And we miss the opportunity to receive the grace of God our Father who loves us.  Do not get caught by the thief unaware.  Do not slip away without asking for forgiveness.  Do not let the temptation of man's knowledge block faith and hope from entering. 

We are not physical.  We live in a physical world but we are spiritual beings living in a physical shell.  We are created in the image and likeness of a spiritual God.  We are spirits within.  The light of life is within us if we only seek to know it.  The light of life is within us if we only believe.  The light of life is upon us if we only open ourselves to what has been given us.  Christ came that we would know.  Christ  died that we would have.  Christ  arose and ascended that we would believe in him and in the Father.  Lean not upon man but upon that which is real, that which will provide, that which loves eternally.  Lean upon God and know that he will hire.

Read the sign of the times! Read the Highlighted New Testament Bible and lift the scales from your eyes that you may see, that you may know, that you may find the truth of who you are in Christ. Read it as though you would read a good book, from cover to cover, and see for yourself. Do not study it in parts reading one passage and then skipping to another, but read it for understanding. Read it for knowledge. Read it for faith. Read it that your eyes may be opened, that your ears may hear, that your heart may be filled with the light of Christ. The Holy Spirit awaits you. Christ seeks to know you.  Open the door and let him in.

St Matthew, Chapter 11, verse: 26 - 27, The Revelations.

Our paragraph topic is:  (Jesus draws men gently to himself) Part 2.  

Christ continues to give praise to his father for the things that he has done.  It was pleasing to God to hide the mysteries of the kingdom from men who have earthly wisdom.  It was pleasing to God to prevent the prudent of this world from knowing the things of heaven, and Christ praises the father for his wisdom.  For Christ says all thing have been given unto him by the father.  He says,  "Yes, Father, for such was thy good pleasure.   All things have been delivered to me by my Father."   

For Christ has all wisdom and all knowledge and all understanding of the will of the father.  And that pleases the Father.  Christ has made the effort to bring the message to the villages and towns throughout the land.  He has preached to the multitudes.  He has cast out demons, cured the sick, made the lame walk, raised the dead, cleansed the lepers, and provided all signs and wonders to the people that they may believe that he was from the Father, God in heaven.  Yet they do not repent.  They do not believe.  They do not understand the judgment that they bring unpon themselves.  But all things have been given to Christ.

No one knows the Father.  No one knows the Son except the Father.  And they are one with each other.  Christ says,  "No one knows the Son except the Father; nor does anyone know the Father except the Son, and him to whom the Son chooses to reveal him."   For that wisdom and knowledge of the Father and of the Son has been hidden.  Yet it is revealed to the little ones.  It is shown to those whom Christ chooses to reveal it.  For if they knew who walked among them they would understand.  If they truly understood the power and majesty of the one in their midst they would be in awe.  If they knew the glory of the one who walked before them they would fall down in honor, giving glory to the one who is worthy of honor and glory.  But they did not repent.  They did not understand.  They did not know the true nature of Christ.

The knowledge and wisdom of the Father is hidden.  It is not revealed.  Only to those who seek him will find him.  Only those who desire his presence will glory in the reception of his spirit.  For he has hidden himself and will reveal himself only to the little ones.  Christ says that the knowledge of the Father will only be revealed to those he chooses to reveal him.  Do you know Christ?  Have you received him?  What has he spoken to you to do?  The harvest is great but the laborers are few.  Are you a laborer in the field for the harvest?  Are you a shepherd for the body of Christ?  Where do you lead your sheep?  For who's glory do you labor?  All things have been given to Christ and he is calling you.   Come, Christ wants to reveal to you the Father.  Are you wise and prudent?  Will you receive the gift of God?  The little ones are open to his ways.  Are you?