Kingdom Business — a door standing open at midday, people coming toward it

Whose vineyard is it?Matthew 20:1-16Length: Long

Eat

Read the passage slowly, read it again, then retell it in your own words. If you can't retell it, read it once more.

  • Read
  • Reread
  • Retell

Digest

Answer from what the passage actually says — stay in the text.

  1. What does this passage show me about God?

    • Who does the psalm say the earth belongs to, and what does the vineyard owner say when the workers complain?
  2. What does it show me about people — and about myself?

    • When has someone else's good fortune made you resentful rather than glad?
  3. What will I obey this week? (a concrete step, with a day)

    • Where will you be deliberately generous this week, beyond what is owed?
  4. Who will I tell?

    • Who has been begrudged something they received, whom you could go to?

Grow

Growth is God's part, not yours. Do the cycle faithfully and trust Him to give the growth (1 Corinthians 3:6–7).

Pray

God, the earth is yours and everything in it, and the owner of the vineyard may be generous with what belongs to him. Free us from measuring your generosity against ours.