In church this morning my precious pastor was preaching on the talents. When God blesses someone with a talent and they sit on it, do you truely feel God will take it and give it to another. If he does do you feel that talent can be restored and how?
I believe that if we do not use the talents that God has given to us, He will take them. God is so merciful, though, I believe that if we repent for not using them, he would give them back to us.
24Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed:
25And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine.
26His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed:
27Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.
28Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents.
29For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.
30And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
:prayingf:Good evening Ladies coming to you from the PST:prayingf:
I looked it up. I really liked the idea of the "unprofitable servant" having a chance to change the outcome. I believe this story in my own life has caused me to reflect whether I am hiding my talents, investing them to the fullest, you know?
I was found it interesting he hid the talent in the "earth" is that the dirt or the world? That might be good for a great preacher to preach tying it wasting our gifts on worldliness.
Anyway, this is occuring at the day of accounting or judgment and unfortunately, I believe v30 is the result:
30And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
:prayingf: Yet, today is not that day! So, we all have the opportunity to look and see whether we are hiding or wasting any of our talents and not being profitable for the Master and the Kingdom of God.:prayingf:
