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Theo Tigno•
6/1/2008 9:32 pm
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Monday, June 2nd 2008 |
Mark 12:1-12
Jesus began to speak to the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders in parables. "A man planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a wine press, and built a tower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and left on a journey. At the proper time he sent a servant to the tenants to obtain from them some of the produce of the vineyard. But they seized him, beat him, and sent him away empty-handed. Again he sent them another servant. And that one they beat over the head and treated shamefully. He sent yet another whom they killed. So, too, many others; some they beat, others they killed. He had one other to send, a beloved son. He sent him to them last of all, thinking, 'They will respect my son.' But those tenants said to one another, 'This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.' So they seized him and killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard. What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come, put the tenants to death, and give the vineyard to others. Have you not read this Scripture passage:
The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone;
by the Lord has this been done,
and it is wonderful in our eyes?"
They were seeking to arrest him, but they feared the crowd, for they realized that he had addressed the parable to them. So they left him and went away.
Dawg's thought:
Today's prayer intention is for Peter Rosa Sr.
Think about all the blessings that God has given us. Have we turned to Him in these blessings?
With our finances, are we tithing so that others may come to know Christ? With our work, are we offering that time as a way to prayer to Him? In our leisure, are we thinking of things that demean our dignity and the dignity of others?
I wish I was a better steward of my gifts. Often times, I kick Him out of the vineyard He put me in. Often times, my leisure time is spent looking and judging how others spend their money, and then turn around and justify in my mind how I can make myself afford something I don't have the means for. Often times, my work is seen as something I need to do to survive versus seeing the opportunity to offer up my own sacrifices for the purification of my own soul.
Hopefully, I will not send this email out and then turn back to being a bad steward of the vineyard. It is truly my prayer to be a good steward so that God may be glorified in me and to those who see me. Take care and God Bless.
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