Comments on: The Parable of the Talents http://stepthruthescriptures.lionelwoods.net/the-parable-of-the-talents/ Wed, 24 Feb 2010 02:13:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Joy http://stepthruthescriptures.lionelwoods.net/the-parable-of-the-talents/comment-page-1/#comment-270 Joy Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:19:36 +0000 http://stepthruthescriptures.lionelwoods.net/?p=182#comment-270 One of the biggest lessons from the parable of the talents for me is that IT ALL BELONGS TO THE MASTER. Whatever God gives us, whether it be knowledge, money, family, natural talent, etc., it all belongs to HIM, he just places it in our keeping. He does so according to our ability, but He expects us to use them in the way that He would. We have to know Him to know His will. We should keep in mind at all times that we, ourselves as well as all He has "given" us, still belongs to Him, the master, and He does have expectations of us and it is Him that we will answer to. It all belongs to Him, not to us. Many Christians and church members today do not know Him. Many do not read or study the Word and many are not filled with the Holy Spirit. How then can they know Him? We cannot know Him by just listening to sermons, sunday schoold teachers or TV preachers or just by joining a church and sitting in a pew once a week. And too many are timid and afraid and refuse to even try to talk to non-Christians about Christ or they think it is only the responsiblilty of the pastor or missionaries to do so. They fear confrontation or controversy or conflict or someone disagreeing with them or getting their feelings hurt or feeling uncomfortble, so they don't even try. The servant with only the one talent didn't even try because he was afraid. That was not acceptable to the master. TIMIDITY WON'T CUT IT. God expects each of us to add increase to the kingdom of heaven and we aren't going to do it by just meeting with church members because they are so nice to be around and don't challenge us. And just because we only have a little ability and the master only entrusted us with one talent, doens't mean we aren't expected to try. One of the biggest lessons from the parable of the talents for me is that IT ALL BELONGS TO THE MASTER. Whatever God gives us, whether it be knowledge, money, family, natural talent, etc., it all belongs to HIM, he just places it in our keeping. He does so according to our ability, but He expects us to use them in the way that He would. We have to know Him to know His will. We should keep in mind at all times that we, ourselves as well as all He has “given” us, still belongs to Him, the master, and He does have expectations of us and it is Him that we will answer to. It all belongs to Him, not to us.

Many Christians and church members today do not know Him. Many do not read or study the Word and many are not filled with the Holy Spirit. How then can they know Him? We cannot know Him by just listening to sermons, sunday schoold teachers or TV preachers or just by joining a church and sitting in a pew once a week.

And too many are timid and afraid and refuse to even try to talk to non-Christians about Christ or they think it is only the responsiblilty of the pastor or missionaries to do so. They fear confrontation or controversy or conflict or someone disagreeing with them or getting their feelings hurt or feeling uncomfortble, so they don’t even try. The servant with only the one talent didn’t even try because he was afraid. That was not acceptable to the master. TIMIDITY WON’T CUT IT. God expects each of us to add increase to the kingdom of heaven and we aren’t going to do it by just meeting with church members because they are so nice to be around and don’t challenge us. And just because we only have a little ability and the master only entrusted us with one talent, doens’t mean we aren’t expected to try.

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