“These last worked only one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat. ’“But he replied to one of them, ‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong; did you not agree with me for a denarius? Take what belongs to you, and go; I choose to give to this last as I give to you. Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or do you begrudge my generosity?’ So the last will be first, and the first last.”
Excerpt, Gospel Reading, Wednesday 21st August 2024 – MATTHEW 20:1-16.
So, today is yet another clear testament of keeping hope alive.
The guys in today’ teaching are akin to the ‘man waka’ (daily labourers) of present day world.
The 6th hour mentioned in the Gospels would therefore be roughly our 12 o’clock. Their 9th hour would thus be our 3 pm. Their eleventh hour would therefore be our 5pm. – MATTHEW 20:5, 27:45 & LUKE 23:44.
These guys usually come out to their pick up usually about 6:00am, some even earlier.
For those who waited until 12:00 noon, it is understood that they still have hope.
The guys that stayed till 3:00pm, they must be desperately hopeful.
However, I give it up for those that remained there until 5:00pm. Such a genius act. Dudes were simply legends. Their kind of hope is courageously infectious.
These are people that supposedly live from hand to mouth.
Therefore, while they were just sitting there and idling away, some of them, mostly those among them that left family at home would be agonising in their mind how they were going to feed their family that night.
Their hope came through for them. God of the eleventh hour heard and acted on their hearts’ yearnings.
While we wait, when we keep our hope alive in God, even the eleventh hour is still not late for Him to act in our favour.
Dear friend, if this doesn’t teach us a valid lesson, nothing would.
Have a fantastic day folks.
#Blessed_Carlo_Acutis! #Pray_for_us!
– Akase F. Agabo
21st Aug. 2024.