"What do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first and said, 'Son, go and work today in the vineyard.' 'I will not,' he answered, but later he changed his mind and went. The the father went to the other son and said the same thing. He answered, 'I will sire,' but he did not go.
Which of the two did what his father wanted?
'The first,' they answered. Jesus said to them, "I tell you the truth, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God ahead of you. For John came to you to show you the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes did. And even after you saw this, you did not repent and believe him." - NIV
21 Days No Alcohol, No Weed & No Gambling
New game plan. I am waking up at 7am making coffee and reading the Bible. Today is the first day. I am doing this because the guys at church told me that you should start your day thinking about God.
Today's plan was to read about work. I checked the concordance and this is the verse I was lead to. This really was confusing to me. At first I read it and had no clue. Is Jesus telling these guys there answer is wrong? Is it referring to the Father's perception? What does this mean?
So, I had to do a search online and read what other people had to say about it. Lots of information online if you just do a Google search. I looked up the Parable of the two sons and the answers were consistent.
Jesus was talking to the religious leaders. Jesus is comparing the first son who refuses but later repents and does the work to the tax collectors and prostitutes and the religious leaders to the second son who says the right thing but doesn't do the work.
Now it makes more sense. If God is like the Father in the story he can deal with us saying no, but then repenting and doing what we are suppose to do. What he doesn't want is for us to just say what we think he wants to hear and then blow it off. That is what Jesus is saying the religious teachers were doing because they did not listen to John. Not sure if this is John the disciple or John the baptist. According to http://www.biblestudytools.com/ this is John the Baptist.
Now how am I going to apply this to getting through today? I am simply going to do what I am suppose to do. I am going to go out and work. I am going to keep in mind the three loves 1) Love God 2) Love my neighbor and 3) Love each other.
I am trying. I did what I set my mind to. I set the alarm and got up to read the Bible. Yes I sat down and when I fired up the computer the first thing I did was check sales from last night. Habit. Going to have to try to change my focus from work success to being fully engaged right from the start, but did keep the focus one I started reading.
I have a lot of shipping to do today after the post office being closed for two days. But will keep God in my mind and make time to go out and look for new things to sell online. I trust that if I keep doing the right thing that God will continue to take care of me.
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