You Have The Talents

Remember the parable from the twenty-fifth chapter of the gospel of Saint Matthew - the story of a master, who, planning a long journey into a far country, called his servants together and divided his goods among them. One received five talents, another two, and another one.

After a long time, the master returned, and calling his servants together, asked for an account of their work in his absence.

The one who had received the five talents reported that he had put his talents to work and had gained five more; likewise, the servant who had received two talents reported doubling of his gift; but the third servant who had received but a single talent, berated the master for his modest gift. The master lost patience with this slothful servant for his failure to put his talent to work, and commanded that the single talent which he had given him be now taken from him.

The world is made up of people just like that - some with five talents, some with two, and others with only one. There are those who are using their God-given talents to the fullest; others are using only a small measure of their abilities; and far too many are slothful and negligent, foolishly frittering away their precious God-given assets.

God will hold every human being on earth accountable for his stewardship of the talents with which he has been endowed.  They are a sacred trust!

And those who do not use and develop their abilities shall surely lose them - that is the law of God; and the slothful shall taste the bitter dregs of frustration, and mediocrity, and failure.

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