{"id":3421,"date":"2024-08-19T05:00:52","date_gmt":"2024-08-19T05:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/?p=3421"},"modified":"2024-08-08T18:01:23","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T18:01:23","slug":"what-do-you-think","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/what-do-you-think\/","title":{"rendered":"What do you think?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Monday, August 19<\/strong><\/p>\n

What do you think?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Which of the two did the will of his father?\u00a0<\/em>Matthew 21:31<\/strong><\/p>\n

In Matthew chapter 21 we read the Parable of the two sons. It says, \u201cBut what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first and said, \u2018Son, go, work today in my vineyard.\u2019 He answered and said, \u2018I will not,\u2019 but afterward he regretted it and went. Then he came to the second and said likewise. And he answered and said, \u2018I go, sir,\u2019 but he did not go. Which of the two did the will of his father?\u201d They said to Him, \u201cThe first.\u201d Jesus said to them, \u201cAssuredly, I say to you that tax collectors and harlots enter the kingdom of God before you.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 Matthew 21:28-31<\/p>\n

In this parable Jesus asks two very important questions and, in this moment, we get to decide as free will agents which of the two brothers responded right.<\/p>\n

At first you get the feeling both sons had a rebellious streak. The first brother retorted with a definite \u2018no\u2019 to his father\u2019s request to work in the vineyard, his conscience however got the<\/p>\n

better of him and he eventually obeyed. The second brother seemed quite obliging to his father\u2019s request but didn\u2019t comply. Maybe procrastination got the better of him?<\/p>\n

We often come across people whose yes is not yes or their no is not no, when Father God asks them to do something. Maybe it\u2019s an area of our lives we need to look at to see if we are as obedient to God as we would like to be. It\u2019s good if we respond without a delay, saying a clear yes or no. Then if our conscience pricks us afterwards and we recognize that our response wasn\u2019t good, we can say sorry and do what God has asked us to do. But to procrastinate or not to act on God\u2019s call could be the beginning of losing out of the biggest blessing God may have in mind for us.<\/p>\n

If I can encourage you, be enthusiastic to whatever God is prompting you to do. It\u2019s always for a good purpose when God asks you to do something and great blessing when you do it with a good heart.<\/p>\n

Prayer for today<\/strong>:\u00a0Dear God, please help me to respond to Your call to do something with a definite \u2018Yes\u2019 and even if it\u2019s out of my comfort zone. Help me to trust in Your calling so that I can enthusiastically respond obediently to Your call. I ask this, Father God, in Jesus Name. Amen.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Monday, August 19 What do you think? Which of the two did the will of his father?\u00a0Matthew 21:31 In Matthew chapter 21 we read the Parable of the two sons. It says, \u201cBut what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first and said, \u2018Son, go, work today in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3421"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3421\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3422,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3421\/revisions\/3422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}