I was reading from Matthew 25:14-28, the words of Jesus about the prarable of the talents. He used this parable to explain or describe what the Kingdom of God is to be like with His return. Three servants are each left with a differing amount of money. To one was given five talents, to another two talents and to a third one talent. The five talent guy doubled his money while the master was away. The two talent guy doubled his amount also. But the one talent guy buried his money out of fear. The master when he returned commended both the five talent and two talent guys with the same words: "Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master's happiness!" (verses 21 and 23) But to the guy who did nothing with what had been given him, the master in the parable had words of rebuke: "You wicked, lazy servant! So you knew that I harvest where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed? Well then, you should have put my money on deposit with the bankers, so that when I returned I would have received it back with interest. Take the talent from him and give it to the one who has the ten talents. For everyone who has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him. And throw that worthless servant outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth."
God has blessed each one of us in differing amounts and ways. He wants us to use that which He has blessed us with for His purposes. To ignore doing anything positive with what we have is a travesty. The warning is "use it or lose it!"
This is true in the physical world as well as the spiritual world. People who stop exercising lose the muscle that they have gained. People who use their brain and then stop using it begin to suffer memory loss. People who stop using their God given gifts and responsibilities will lose out, also. Serve the Lord with all your heart , mind, soul and strength.
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Great post! I immediately thought of James 2:20 I like how the Amplified Bible has it: "Are you willing to be shown [proof], you foolish (unproductive, spiritually deficient) fellow, that faith apart from [good] works is inactive and ineffective and worthless?" Hubby has been preaching on this very thing the last couple of weeks from the STEWARDSHIP standpoint. ;0)
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