The Man With The 1 Talent

Whenever we read the parable, we always see this man as the lazy and wicked servant who hid his talent (be it in terms of finances or gifts, etc)

However, on the train just now, when a member of mine began to share his testimony on how God gave him a direction in his life from that parable...

I began to have a different perspective...

Some of us, we have our "One Talent"s, be it, a broken family, bad academic results, wrong job, etc, things that are deemed insignificant and at times, discouraging or even down right unfair and painful.

But what did the servant do?

He hid his talent. Why? He was...AFRAID.

At times we may feel afraid of what is going in our lives, but we know and we know, that these things happen EVEN THOUGH we walk upright with God, and we know that we know, in a way, these things are situations God has allowed to shape and mould our character.

But let me encourage you, just as how God spoke to that servant, "The least you could do is to deposit it in the bank so that I can receive it with interest..."

What does 'BANK' mean to us? For me, I had a revelation of bank being the 'system of the world', or in short, the 'world' itself.

The one talent that we have, painful, shameful, intimidating as it may seem, if it is PART of the PROCESS of following the Lord, then know that God is in control.

Dont become like that lazy and wicked servant.

Even what God has given to us, may not seem to have any potential to multiply, even if what God placed in our lives seem pathetic, never hide it, never be afraid of it, never feel ashamed of it, because the steps of the righteous are ordered by the Lord.

But deposit it into the BANK, the world, the society...and let it be a blessing to others!

We say that God wastes no bad experience, this is what is all about, this is what faith really is...the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things unseen...perceiving things which are not as though they were!

What do you have in your hands today? Is it your abundance? Is it your means of survival? Is it your most despised possession?

Whatever it is, if its that one talent, do something about it.

And I believe when we put the little into the Master's hands, it will become much! That is why in the parable it said, that when we deposit that ONE TALENT into the BANK, into society to be a blessing, your testimony, it shall come back to us with INTEREST!

Looks at the servant, he called his Master the one who "reaps where He has not sown and gathered where He has not scattered seed" when in fact, the Master did SOW the seeds.

But even that, the Master didnt defend Himself and say, "How can you say that?" or "I did not reap where I have not scattered seed!" The Master accepted what the servant said, in a sense, but despite it, He still said that the least he could do was to deposit it and get it back with interest.

Even if God is unreasonable, even if God is unfair, which He ISNT, but EVEN if He is that stingy 'God' some people claim Him to be, He still believes in the little that you have! That is the demonstration that indeed, with God ALL things are possible!

If you are a businessman, be the best businessman you can be.
If you are the average student, be the best student you can be.
If you are the less fortunate ones, then STILL strive to be the best in that which you already are, faithful in the little things, and much will be added!

:)