Thursday devo

Read Luke 20:9-19. Jesus doesn't directly come out and tell the religious leaders this parable is about them but they figure it out. The man who planted the vineyard is the heavenly Father. The religious leaders are the vinedressers. The prophets in Israel's history are the servants who were sent and beaten. Jesus is the son who is about to be killed.

The fact that the religious leaders knew it was about them proves their guilt. 

God will entrust his people with responsibility like he did Israel. He will entrust us. Will we be faithful? God will send us prophets and those to instruct us - will we be teachable? 

V. 14 is cryptic - "that the inheritance may be ours." That's not even logical. Who is going to give the inheritance to those who murders their son. This is how messed up this group is. It demonstrates they lost all sense of who the true owner of the vineyard is. Sometimes we can get to managing what God has given us and totally forget it is his - all his. We don't get to keep any of it - we can only let Christ be king of it - or have it taken away. We are stewards of all we have - from our children to our collectibles. 

questions

1) what is one thing you own that you don't seem to ask God for input on how He wants managed anymore?

2) who is someone God has sent to instruct you? are you listening?

prayer

create in me a clean heart God - renew a right spirit within me!