Matthew
25:14-30
As
one commentator points out: God is not so much concerned with the quantity of
the harvest as with whether or not there has been an attempt to plant a crop, to
reap a harvest, in the first place. God is not so much concerned with the
amount, as with the effort.
In
other words…God expects us to try - to try to develop the good things we have
graciously been given, the many talents we have, to share our resources, to
give of our gifts, to dedicate our time, to do something for God’s
Kingdom.
Thus,
in many ways, today’s parable about the talents is not really about how
talented you are, or to say it another way - the parable about the loaned money
is not so much a lesson about money, or ability, or productivity, as it is a
lesson about quality! This parable is a warning about neglect - a
proverb about potential.
Whatever
it is - it is - for ALL of us - a challenge:
A rather stern challenge that confronts us in our Christian journey by
reminding us, “to put what we have been given to use or run the risk of becoming useless.”
To
try, and then try again. To think of
everything we do in the life and work of the church as one big experiment… a
long series of trying this over here and that over there…a music lesson for us
all… that if you already know how to play the fiddle, then never stop; if you
don’t know how to play, then never stop trying to play, try to play something,
try to be all God wants you to be, try doing more for God and less for you.
We
may not fully know all the reasons why, but still try. We may not get the results we want, as soon
as we want, but that doesn’t mean we should stop trying. We may not get the ark built this year, or
the next or even the year after the next, but I can guarantee that it will
never ever, ever get built, if we don’t, at least, try.
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