The Parable of the Talents was never about each of the entrusted servants individual performance. As we dig deep, we discover that it was about the amount of respect and gratitude for the lavish gift, that each servant had been given.  Before the Master left, He had divided His entire estate, all that He possessed, all of His dunamis power to His beloved servants. The Master’s generosity was handed out according to His deeply understood ability of each of His servants. His grand gifting overwhelmed two of His servants and they took great risk as they worked to multiply the value of what they were entrusted with. The two hard working, reliable and devoted servants got praised when the Master returned. “Well done My good and faithful servants.” Matthew 25:23 

The indignant, mocking servant chose to bury His generous talent. He had not valued the trust of His Master. His words pierced His Master’s heart as he  hurled undeniable disrespect at the Master Giver, who gave all that He had to give. Without fear, or respect of the Master, the resentment for the gift is found in the servants insulting response. Matthew 25:24 “Then the man who had received one bag of gold came. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘I knew that YOU are a HARD man, harvesting where YOU have not sown and gathering where YOU have not scattered seed. So I was afraid and went out and hid YOUR gold in the ground. See, here is what belongs to YOU.’ The servant chose to do nada!

Matthew 25:26-30 “His Master replied, ‘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. So take the bag of gold from him and give it to the one who has ten bags. For whoever HAS will be given MORE, and they will have an abundance. Whoever does NOT have (respect of the Giver of all that is good) even what they have will be taken from them. And throw that WORTHLESS servant outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” Our God will not be mocked!  Job 38:2-3 “Who is this that obscures My plans with words without knowledge?Brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer Me.”

Enter into the joy of His generous gift of faith in you. Our good Father entrusted us with what He knows we can handle, aling with our Holy Helper. What will we do with our gift of faith? Will we hide our talents? Or should we invest them with gratitude, even during the hardships, all for God’s glory. Romans 9:20 “But who are you, a human being, to talk back to GOD? “Shall what is formed say to the one who formed it, ‘Why did YOU make me like this?” Do we thank God for His trust in us? Let us not shrink back or suspect that God is a hard task Master. Our Father has entrusted us with His Son, His Words, the Holy Spirit and the FAITH to BELIEVE.