{"id":648,"date":"2022-04-21T10:21:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T10:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.devotionsfromthebible.com\/dvblog\/?p=648"},"modified":"2025-10-22T09:32:27","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T09:32:27","slug":"daily-devotional-in-matthew-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.devotionsfromthebible.com\/dvblog\/matthew\/daily-devotional-in-matthew-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily Devotion in Matthew 20"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.devotionsfromthebible.com\/dvblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Matthew-1611-Header.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"460\" height=\"222\" src=\"http:\/\/www.devotionsfromthebible.com\/dvblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Matthew-1611-Header.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1313\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.devotionsfromthebible.com\/dvblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Matthew-1611-Header.jpg 460w, http:\/\/www.devotionsfromthebible.com\/dvblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Matthew-1611-Header-300x145.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/www.devotionsfromthebible.com\/dvblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Matt20.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>HEAR the devotion and KJV chapter.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Daily Nugget:<\/strong><br><em>\u201cIs it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?\u201d<\/em> <em>\u00a0Matthew 20:15<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Does a Christian have the right to do whatever he wants with his life? According to God\u2019s Word: No!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The context of this chapter is the millennial reign, when Christ rules the Earth for 1,000 years (See discussion in Matthew 5). It gives one another an idea of what will happen during that time and how some will be rewarded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Jesus\u2019 illustration, he told how workers, starting at different times of the day, received payment based on what the master thought was fair. They received the same pay, regardless of whether they worked 10 hours or one hour.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The \u201cboss\u201d was doing the hiring, and all agreed to work for what he offered them.&nbsp;The whole point of the illustration was to teach that the master was in charge, and it was by His rules that they had to abide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9d74957c4a52b0753fb45ec5dcba492e wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201c\u2026 God is not going to reward you for the amount of work you have done.\u00a0 He will reward you according to your faithfulness to the job which He called you to do.\u201d<\/em>  <em>\u2014 <u>Thru the Bible with J. Vernon McGee<\/u><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although Matthew 20:15 was the landowner\u2019s reply that was doing the hiring, it illustrates a great truth in describing a Christian\u2019s relationship with the Lord. We are not our own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are purchased with Christ\u2019s blood. We have a promise of Heaven. Everything that comes after being saved is a bonus! Let us surrender our lives and do what God desires us to accomplish!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When adults are asked what they want to do in their future, they usually tell you what they have figured out they would like to happen with their lives.&nbsp;When a child is asked the same question, you similarly get a battle plan of what they would like to do.&nbsp;One seldom answers, \u201cWhatever the Lord wants me to do, I\u2019ll do!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sadly, that open invitation to do God\u2019s will is rarely even thought of by Christians.&nbsp;Unfortunately, when you hear someone handing their life to God with no reservations, it is often only after they have tried it their way and that way has failed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It would save many heartaches and a wasted life if one would immediately, after being saved, hand their life over to God as a blank check. &nbsp;\u201cFill it in with what you want me to do, God, and I will gladly, happily, and faithfully do it until you tell me otherwise!\u201d&nbsp;Boy, would that attitude change lives and Christendom as we know it.<br><em>\u201cNay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus? 21 Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?\u201d Romans 9:20-21<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Today\u2019s Thought:&nbsp;<\/strong><br><em>From Hymn by Frances Havergal, \u201cTake My Life, and Let It Be\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Take my life, and let it be<br>Consecrated, Lord to Thee;<br>Take my hands, and let them move<br>At the impulse of Thy love<br>At the impulse of Thy love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Words to Understand:<\/strong><br>Baptized: In this usage, \u201cbaptism\u201d is referring to the sufferings Christ would experience.<br>Gentiles: people that are not Jewish<br>Goodman: head of a family<br>Householder: a person who keeps a house<br>Indignation: anger mixed with disgust or contempt<br>Steward: an employed person in charge of a household<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Today\u2019s Reading:<\/strong><br><em>Matthew 20<br>1&nbsp;For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard.<br>2 And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.<br>3 And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,<br>4 And said unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way.<br>5 Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise.<br>6 And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?<br>7 They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive.<br>8 So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first.<br>9 And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny.<br>10 But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more; and they likewise received every man a penny.<br>11 And when they had received it, they murmured against the goodman of the house,<br>12&nbsp;Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day.<br>13 But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny?<br>14 Take that thine is, and go thy way: I will give unto this last, even as unto thee.<br>15&nbsp;Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?<br>16 So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.<br>17 \u00b6 And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and said unto them,<br>18 Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death,<br>19 And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again.<br>20 \u00b6 Then came to him the mother of Zebedee&#8217;s children with her sons, worshipping him, and desiring a certain thing of him.<br>21 And he said unto her, What wilt thou? She saith unto him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on the left, in thy kingdom.<br>22 But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able.<br>23 And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father.<br>24 And when the ten heard it, they were moved with indignation against the two brethren.<br>25 But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them.<br>26 But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;<br>27 And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:<br>28 Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.<br>29 \u00b6 And as they departed from Jericho, a great multitude followed him.<br>30 And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David.<br>31 And the multitude rebuked them, because they should hold their peace: but they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David.<br>32 And Jesus stood still, and called them, and said, What will ye that I shall do unto you?<br>33 They say unto him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened.<br>34 So Jesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes: and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daily Nugget:\u201cIs it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? 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