Topic: It's Never Too Late

A farmer once hired a worker for a full day's pay, even though the man had only shown up in the final hour, after others had worked since morning. When the early workers complained, the farmer said simply, "Is it wrong for me to be generous with what's mine?"

That's almost exactly the story Jesus told about workers hired at different times, all paid the same. It bothers our sense of fairness — because grace isn't fair. It's generous.

This is great news if you feel like you've "come too late" — wasted years, made big mistakes, lived far from God for a long time. Grace doesn't calculate lost time and pay you less because of it. Whatever hour you show up, God meets you fully, right now.