What sort of tenants are we?

Reading: 1 Samuel 29, 1 Chronicles 7, and Matthew 21

Scripture: Matthew 21:41-42, They said to him, “He will put those wretches to a miserable death and let out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him the fruits in their seasons.” Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: “‘The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; this was the Lord’s doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?

Thoughts: As I was reading these passages I saw an interesting juxtaposition, as these teachers, priests and elders was answering Jesus about tossing out the bad tenants and setting up new ones that will respect the owner, Jesus brings up the stone that gets rejected. If we look at the vineyard as the church the old system is being tossed out because it was not working and the stone that they rejected is the new tenant. This also applies in our lives, when we are not seeking God and chasing after things of the world we stop giving the owner of our lives the fruit of our lives. We need to toss out whatever tenant that we have allowed into our lives and start seeking God. 

Prayer: Father God, you have placed us in a place that has a harvest ready for us, you call us to be obedient and walk in your ways. I ask that you help us to put out the spirit of complacency, of fear, and of selfishness and work the fields that you have placed us in. Open our eye to your harvest and the desire to work.