The Parable of Talents

Every Wednesday, my boyfriend and I go to church. We spend time praising God together, worshiping Him and acknowledging that He is our sole God – not money, not other people but Him.

 

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Last Wednesday, our Pastor talked about ‘talents’. If you know, Jesus Christ is talking about the parable of talents in Matthew wherein a man gave five (5) talents, two (2) talents and one (1) talent to his three different servants respectively. To cut the story short, the servant with five talents doubled his talents same as with the two. However, the man with one talent dug a hole in the ground and hid his master’s money. After a long time, the master returned and was happy when the servants with five and two talents reported that they have doubled their talents. And when the last servant reported that he hid his talent, the master was angry, got his talent and gave it to the one who has ten talents.

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Maybe you were asking why did he give the last talent the servant has to the one who has more? Because, the master knew that the one who doubles his talent will again double his money. He knew that that person or servant is not lazy to reproduce his money.

The Lord God blessed us all with talents, some has five, some has two and some has one. But, God never gave us zero in the very first place. What we should do is to nurture that talent.

Do you have a prayer that is still in vain? Do you pray to have more of this and that, to have a nice car, to have a better-paying job? God knows what is best for us and right now, the things that we have are the things that we can handle to ourselves. If God will give you everything you want, He knows that you cannot handle it. Show Him that you are not lazy and is willing and is doing your job nurturing the talents he has given you and He will surely give you more.

Now I understand why God still doesn't answer my prayers. He is waiting for me to not be lazy and be a productive woman of God.