It’s the sort of hiring practice that could get any HR manager fired—except it’s God’s way. Picture this: A business owner pays workers who showed up at 5 PM the same wage as those who worked all day in the blazing sun. The early workers are furious. The late arrivals are stunned.
Yet this is exactly how Jesus describes His Father’s kingdom in Matthew 20. “So the last will be first, and the first will be last” (v. 16). The statement makes our merit-based minds recoil—and reveals everything wrong with how we think about success, worth, and God’s grace. From His perspective.
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