Saying I Will is Not Enough

 As I was reading yesterday, I came across a wonderful parable in Matthew 21:28-32. Jesus gave the following parable to the religious leaders of his day.


"What do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work today in the vineyard.’ “‘I will not,’ he answered, but later he changed his mind and went.“Then the father went to the other son and said the same thing. He answered, ‘I will, sir,’ but he did not go “Which of the two did what his father wanted?”“The first,” they answered. Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God ahead of you.  For John came to you to show you the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes did. And even after you saw this, you did not repent and believe him."

How often have we said to the Lord, I will, and then we don't do what we have said. It is usually during a moving church service that we say to God I surrender all. It is in the quiet place we often make promises to God that we don't keep. We are often like the son in this parable and are quick to say, yes, but don't follow through. 

God is not looking for the willing, but those who will do what he has asked them. What is God asking you to do? What are the scriptures asking us to do? Today is the day to stop saying I will do, but to actually do it. Let us not be like the religious leaders of Jesus' day.