Chapter 25

“Well done, good and faithful servant. Come and share your master’s joy."

Society owes me. This has become a very popular lane of current media, news, and some public narratives. Mathew 25:14-30 talks about the parable of the talents, 5 given to one, 2 to another, and 1 to another. The Master then departs and returns at a later date to find that the one with 5 now has 10, the one with 2 now has 4. The rain started hitting when the one with 1 started giving his description on why he thought the best plan was burying what he was given and giving it back to the master when He comes back.

The Master is disappointed and says in Matthew 25:26, "His master replied, ‘You wicked, lazy servant’" He then proceeded to take the 1 talent and gave it to the one who had 10 then sent away the "lazy and slothful servant " (Verse 30) "into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

The hardest thing in any project or profession is to START. For most of us, this initial input seems like a daunting task. Because of this, we end up circumventing and choosing what to us will be the easiest way or path to execution. This escape of the true nature of one’s calling places us into the same ship as the 3rd servant who buried his talent; unfruitful and lazy.

We can pick three things from this: one is that we have all been given talents [ (verse 15)TO EACH ACCORDING TO HIS OWN ABILITY]. Comparison of your asset gallery with someone else's does not help. The Ten Commandments talk about the sin of covetousness. In verse 15, we see again that the talents God has given us to take care of are within our Modus Operandi. God has given us everything we need [including the Holy Spirit] for us to be fruitful with what He has left us to steward

The second thing we can pick up is stewardship. We have been called to be faithful servants and stewards of the master’s property. It is a joy & privilege to be trusted with the Master’s property. We have to be professional and diligent in all that we do, sharing the gospel effectively in our various walks of life, guiding our families in the way of the Lord, and serving in the Church in the capacity God places in our hearts.

Finally, the third thing is being fruitful.  Jesus seems very deliberate on this issue as He has talked about it a number of times in the Bible, referencing the master’s vineyard and productivity. We have been given much, much is expected of us, and much we will produce. If there were ten lines going out of a transformer, and one of those lines goes to a house that's been abandoned for 30 years, you would say cut the power coz it is being wasted. Same with one who does not bear fruit, that which you had been given will be taken away and given to someone else who bears fruit so that the energy can be used at the right place and not wasted.

Our prayer today is that God, you may make us fruitful, faithful stewards & faithful servants, we thank you for your grace, mercies & your sustaining love. We pray that you will remove any blinds we have placed on our abilities, either fear of ridicule, peer pressure, or public opinion replace all of that with a fire for Your truth and Your Kingdom, in Jesus’ name, Amen

"Well done, good & faithful servant"