Devotions on F.I.R.E. Year OneSample

So the last will be first, and the first last (Matthew 20:16).

Are you living as the last made first?

God chooses Israel for Himself not based upon her merits. Moses writes, “The LORD did not set His love on you nor choose you because you were more in number than any other people, for you were the least of all peoples” (Deuteronomy 7:7). He tells them as a result of His choice, “And you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation” (Exodus 19:6). God’s favor toward Israel should produce a humble, loyal, and obedient people. Jesus’ teaching on the landowner should likewise impact us (Luke 20:1-16). He paid the workers the same pay whether they labored all day or a short time. Moreover, He shocks all the workers by paying the laborers who came last, first (Matthew 20:8).

Employment Point: Choose the rearmost to be the foremost.