All Is Gift: Let Us Serve the Lord with Gladness

Angie Allen explains that the parable of the laborers in Matthew 20:1-16 serves to illustrate that everything in the kingdom of God is a gift.

Allen notes that the laborers in the parable grumbled against the landowner for paying them the same amount as those who worked much less. While human fairness often leads people to feel unjustly treated when rewards do not match their investment of time or effort, the parable emphasizes God's mercy. Allen writes that because God is gracious to those who do not deserve it, people have no strict right to anything in His kingdom.