God’s Workman
Though the stakes are high, those who persevere are highly rewarded in the Heavenly Kingdom.
Being a worker in the Lord’s Vineyard involves a lot of responsibilities. It is not something for the faint-hearted. It involves a lot of obedience and humility to the One you are called to work for. It means that you rely solely on Him and allow Him to control all your movements and activities.
When He says GO, you GO: when He says COME, you COME; when He says STOP, you STOP. Working in the Lord’s Vineyard is not a place where one expresses his opinions and offers his suggestions. You either become a dumb servant for God or you quit to do your own thing somewhere.
Whatever you do, you ask your Master, “What is the next step?” You do not get up and say, “I think or I believe such and such thing should be done.”
Wherever the Master directs you, you go. You are working for a Master whose standards and statutes cannot be challenged. He is not a DEMOCRATIC Master for you to express your thoughts and ideas on what He asked you to do. He is a BENEVOLENT DICTATOR who factors your welfare in His commands.
Failure to obey Him fully attracts sanctions; for to Him, HALF OBEDIENCE IS EQUAL TO DISOBEDIENCE. Either one follows Him totally or does not follow Him at all.
His servants have no wish of their own and can only do the wish of their Master and nothing else. To work in His Vineyard means total commitment and hard work. He has no room for laziness. Once you answer the call to be His workman it is work, work, and work.
There is no room for excuses and complaints; any servant who indulges himself in such acts is discarded at once. Though the stakes are high, those who persevere are highly rewarded in the Heavenly Kingdom.
*The writer, Apostle King, is a pastor with The Lord’s House Chapel
