Easter at Catalyst

Life isn't fair, and that's actually good news. In Matthew 20:1-16, Jesus tells a parable about vineyard workers who all receive the same payment despite working different hours. The workers who labored all day complained about the unfairness, but Jesus reveals that God's grace operates beyond our human sense of fairness. If God were truly fair, we would receive exactly what we deserve for our failures and shortcomings. Instead, God gives us undeserved grace through Christ's sacrifice. Rather than living like entitled contract workers who expect God to honor our good deeds, we should live like eleventh-hour workers who are amazed to be included in God's kingdom at all.