Many want to argue about what they have or don't have, saying, "God doesn't do that today." Jesus gave a Parable in Matt.21:33, about a vineyard owner and a vineyard. The owner needed help harvesting the fruit of his vineyard, so he hired workers to do so. Every believer has been called to work in God's vineyard, going into all the world to preach the Gospel. Through Jesus, the sin problem has been dealt with and God can reach His people with His Presence and Blessing
The Master of the vineyard gave the same promise to every worker. The workers who were hired first, were promised a wage for their service. Those who were hired later and even those who were hired at the end of the harvest, received the same reward or wage for their service. Some complained about their working longer and receiving the same wage. The Master paid the promised reward.
Some in today's Church are receiving and experiencing the Revelation of the Baptism of the Holy Spirit, healing, Blessings and more, while others aren't. Like the workers, they complain, thinking they should have all these things. The Truth of this Parable is that God is the Master and has Promised us all the very same wage. It's been ours all this time, but we feel as though others received more. Jesus gives "The Parable of the Talents, in Matt.25:14-25, where He teaches about the Master giving the same sum of money to several men. One man invested his sum, earning interest and making a profit. Another took his wage and buried it, because he didn't know the master enough to trust him.
Jesus tells us what Eternal Life is, in John17:3(Amp), saying it means "to know, recognize, perceive, become acquainted with and understand the Father and Himself." There are many reasons why some believers fail to take what the Master has offered, even though we were all Promised the same reward when we were called to God's family. When first saved, I didn't know much scripture, but I did know the Author. I received criticism from those who were Christians before me, as I went about laying hands on people, casting out demons and walking in God's Presence. They had been Christians and church goes longer, and felt like a reformed drunkard (me) had received more than they did. They asked, "Why would God allow such a person to walk in these things, when we can't?"
The Truth is that they could have walked in these things too, but didn't. They were saved before me and felt cheated. They had buried what they'd been given, instead of investing in the Kingdom. Some take offense when I speak about those "who have chosen God," saying, "God chooses us, we don't choose Him." This is true to the extent that we were chosen before the foundation of the world, but now that we are chosen, do we find people in the Body of Christ who choose to walk in a different place with the Mast, that others don't walk?
The British Evangelist, Smith Wigglesworth, chose God above all else and God used him in a mighty way that we don't see often today. Was it because he was "God's favorite" or because he forsook all else for the choice to know God in a way that many have chosen not to do? Religion doesn't always teach us to know God, as it does to know about Him. The very choice Smith Wigglesworth made is available to every child of God today. It
is available to "whosoever will."
We're not just saved so we can go to Heaven, but so we can know Him in Truth and He in turn can have fellowship with us again. Religion has taught us so many reasons why "the Supernatural is not for us today." Relationship reveals to us all the things that are still ours through Jesus, in order to set the captives free and be laborers in God's Vineyard. The greatest privilege God has granted to mankind, is that we're able to know Him on a personal level. We can come to Him, hear from Him, talk with Him and know His heart, will and Love.
I'm not saying that believers who don't do these things are "not born-again." They just haven't entered into the joy of Heaven, while still on this earth. We were all called to walk in the Master's Vineyard and the reward is the same for all who do so. We shouldn't complain about how some received more than others or how it's a hard thing.
It's not a difficult task to walk with the Father in close fellowship. Many believers are just "hanging on until the end." It's a privilege and honor in which God will always reward us for. He will always reward us for being faithful to His Purpose. Sometimes we struggle to keep our flesh under, but the closer we walk with the Father, the easier it becomes. When we Rest in Him, it becomes easy. You cannot make a mistake that God can't fix, if you stay in His Presence and fellowship with Him. Messing up doesn't mean God can't fix it and use us.
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