In Matthew 21, Jesus tells a couple of parables to teach the
importance of using the opportunities God gives us to obey Him and express our
faith in Him. He says our opportunities
are like “vineyards” that are to be worked and harvested. God has prepared opportunities – vineyards –
for us and expects us to use them productively.
Here’s how:
1. Go to the
opportunity and work it.
“There was a man who
had two sons. He went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work today in the
vineyard.’” Matt. 21:28. Take
initiative. The opportunities are
presented to us. Now we must go to them
and make them productive.
2. You are saved to
serve.
“A certain landowner
planted a vineyard… Then he leased the vineyard to tenant farmers … At the
time of the grape harvest, he sent his servants to collect his share of
the crop”. Matt. 21:33-34 (NLT).
You have a vineyard to work and make productive for the Kingdom of
God. You’re on assignment.
3. Look, listen, and
choose the right way.
“For John the Baptist
came and showed you the right way to live, but you didn’t believe him,
while tax collectors and prostitutes did. And even when you saw this happening,
you refused to believe him and repent of your sins”. Matt. 21:32 (NLT). There is a right way to handle
situations. Learn God’s ways of
living. Put into practice God’s
righteous ways of dealing with people and circumstances.
4. Count on your
calling.
“… ‘go and work today
in the vineyard…he sent his servants…he sent other servants… he
sent his son’…” Matt. 21:28, 34, 36, 37. Know that you’re sent on a mission. Let it motivate you wherever you are.
5. Be productive for
God’s Kingdom.
“… the kingdom of God
will be … given to a people who will produce its fruit.” Matt. 21:43. Your job, your school, your family, your
neighbors, your friends, your recreation – all provide opportunities to be
productive for God’s Kingdom.
Work productively in the vineyards God as entrusted to you. Work towards the harvest of more believers in
Christ and transformed lives.
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