Jesus cautions us to be watchful and alert for we do not know when He will come. 'Our lamps are dying out,' the foolish virgins cried; our passion and zeal is dying out, our love is weakening, our strength is slowly becoming darkness, our boldness is slowly becoming fear, our light is turning into darkness....be watchful
Is your passion for the Lord increasing or decreasing? Do you love prayers as you did? Do you love God's word as you once did? Do you love God's people as you did? Are you still a bold witness for Christ as you were? Are you still interested in the things of Christ or are you slowly getting sidetracked? You are changing; wake up; guard jealously the place if prayer; keep the fire always burning in your heart; don't let it go out.
Jesus gave the parable of the talents, everyone was given according to their ability, to one five, another two and another one. The man left for a long period of time and came back to settle accounts with them.
We must realise that God has given us different gifts , but they are all according to our abilities. Some have more gifts and abilities and others have less, but to all God will come one day to settle accounts with us?
What did you do with the wealth I gave you? I gave you health, what did you do with it? I gave you intelligence, I gave you physical abilities, what did you do with what I gave you?
The first two servants gained more but the last hid it on the earth. This means that the first two did something with eternal value with what God gave them but the last did things that only had early value. He didn't think that something of eternal value could be accomplished through him because of two reasons.
1. He compared himself with others who had more and got discouraged and wished he had more like them.
2. He had a wrong attitude towards the master. He considered him a very hard man who wanted to reap where he never sowed.
He was considered a wicked and lazy and unprofitable servant.
He could have invested money with the bankers and he could have gotten profits.
Investing with the bankers .. it can mean a ministry of encouraging others who are serving God and praying for them.
If you think you are a one talent man and there nothing you can do; instead of wasting the time and opportunity that God has given you, dedicate yourself to the ministry of encouraging others and praying for them.
There are many servants of God who are often discouraged by the people and situations that they face, why don't you dedicate yourself to be encouraging them to go on, tell them their work will be rewarded, tell them that God is still in control no matter what is happening in their lives, tell them you are praying for them.....be an encourager instead and God will reward you.
What is your attitude towards God? Is He to you a person a person who is hard to please and makes demands on us that we cannot fulfill?, no, God is a loving and caring and merciful Father; He is not hard to please; He wants each of us, just like parents wants their children; to do our best. Our best will be different for each because we have different abilities. He only wants us to be faithful with the little He gives us. No matter how many weaknesses you have, if you do your best, if you are faithful; God is pleased with you.
Don't compare yourself with others who are more gifted than you; that will only discourage you and you'll be tempted to think that God is unjust; God will never ask you to give an account of things He never gave you; but be sure that you will give an account of the little that you have.
When we don't use what God gives us for what has eternal value, one day God will take away from you and give it yo someone who is faithful; and the end will be thrown where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. BEWARE
Whoever has and is FAITHFUL with what they have, more will be added, and whoever is unfaithful with what they have, it will be taken away from them.
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