But... its soooo not fair!

For the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. After agreeing with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard. And going out about the third hour he saw others standing idel in the marketplace, and to them he said, 'You go into the vineyard too, and whatever is right I will give you. So they went. Going out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour, he did the same. And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing. And he said to them, 'Why do you stand here idel all day?' They said to him, 'Because no one has hired us.' He said to them, 'You go into the vineyard too,' And when evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, 'Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last, up to the first.' And when those hired about the eleventh hour came, each of them received a denarius. Now when those hired first came, they thought they would receive more, but each of them also received a denarius. And on receiving it they grumbled at the master of the house, saying, 'These last worked only one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat.' But he replied to one of them, 'Friend, I am doing you no worng. Did you not agree with me for a denarius? Take what belongs to you and go. I choose to give to this last worker as I give to you. Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or do you begrudge my generosity?' So the last will be first and the first last. (Matthew 20:1-19)

Is it not true that when we read this we often take on the master's perspective - seeing with the lenses of "hey... it is my money I can do whatever... and who's to say what fair is before the plentiful God..." But consider the missional implication of these words. The last will be first and the first will be last... and the questions of "why do you with idle hands?" Is that not true of today? That we have people and friends and even nations that are with idle friends. If the master is one who invites all to come work at his vineyard; shall not we too when noticing people of idle hands to tell our master and to have them invited into the vineyard. Or are we just so stuck on ourselves (like those first workers) who are unable to celebrate the fullness of their communities work?