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Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Use Your "Talents" JOYfully for Him!



          Have you had your JOY JUICE today?  Consider all the things God has entrusted to you. Are you using them wisely?

            Today we are looking closely at the parable Jesus told in Matthew 25:14-30. 
We are looking for JOY….will we find it?  In this passage Jesus tells of a man who was going away on a long journey.  He called his servants together and gave each of them a portion of his talents of money to watch over in his absence.  To one he gave five, to another he gave two and to the last one he gave one.  Those who had been given five and two talents went immediately and began to put the money to work.  They doubled what the master had entrusted to them.  But the man who had been given only one talent, dug a hole in the ground and hid the money.

            When the master returned, he was extremely pleased with the faithfulness of the first two servants for doubling his money.  He said to them: “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!” 

             BUT….The man who had the one talent was full of excuses.  He blamed his “lack of success” on his master; he blamed it on being afraid; he never admitted to being lazy…but that’s how the master interpreted his lack of growth of what he had been given.

            What was Jesus teaching in this parable? The talents represent any kind of resource we are given.  God gives us time, gifts, and other resources according to our abilities; and he expects us to invest them wisely until he returns.   The issue is not how much we have but how well we use what he has entrusted to us.

            Use the talents God has given you to make a difference for Him.  THAT is where you find true JOY!

              


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