The Talent
[vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”center” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” padding_top=”0″ padding_bottom=”14″ css=”.vc_custom_1519139948548{padding-top: 44px !important;}” z_index=””][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1519046037656{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;}”][qode_elements_holder number_of_columns=”one_column”][qode_elements_holder_item item_padding=”30px” horizontal_alignment=”left” advanced_animations=”no”][blockquote text=”“For it is like a man who was about to take a long journey, and he called his servants together and entrusted them with his property. To one he gave five talents (probably about $5,000), to another two, to another one – to each in proportion to his own personal ability. Then he departed and left the country” (Matthew 25:14-15 AMP).” show_quote_icon=”yes” width=”95″ line_height=”32″ quote_icon_color=”#ffffff”][vc_empty_space height=”47px”][vc_column_text]God has entrusted each one of us with talents, a property, in proportion to our own personal ability. To one He gave five talents (about $5,000), to another two, and to another one. The talent God gave to these three individuals was to invest them into something profitable. He expects you to be productive in your area of expertise, impacting other lives with your talents.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”47px”][vc_column_text]Most at times you may think, I have nothing to offer because I have never been able to achieve any success in your life and your family background is such that no one has ever completed High School and you live in the poverty bracket. And you are condemning yourself looking at the achievements of other people and think that those people are super human and you got nothing to offer. Nothing God created is useless or hopeless.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”47px”][blockquote text=”“And God saw everything that He had made, and behold, it was very good (suitable, pleasant) and He approved it completely” (Genesis 1:31a AMP)” show_quote_icon=”yes” width=”95″ line_height=”32″ quote_icon_color=”#ffffff”][vc_empty_space height=”47px”][vc_column_text]Everyone has a unique talent and you shouldn’t compare your talents with others. Focus and develop your God given talent. God expects you to serve Him with all the opportunities He has given you, including your wealth, reputation, abilities and learning. In this parable God warns believers to diligently take everything He has given them and invest it for His glory as we wait for eternity. God has endowed you with a particular quality and expects you to work with it for His glory. Whatever talents God has given you is for His glory not self-centered interest.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”47px”][vc_column_text]Why should you use your talents? The more you work with your talent, the more you expand and gain from it and become successful.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”47px”][blockquote text=”“Then he who had received the five talents went and trade with them, and made another five talents. And likewise he who had received two gained two more also. But he who had received one went and dug in the ground, and hid his lord’s money” (Matthew 25:16-18 NKJV). ” show_quote_icon=”yes” width=”95″ line_height=”32″ quote_icon_color=”#ffffff”][vc_empty_space height=”47px”][vc_column_text]The talent God gives you is not for you but to be used to serve others. The one with more talents and invests it, gains more from the Lord.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”25px”][icon_text box_type=”normal” icon=”fa-check-circle” icon_type=”normal” icon_position=”left” icon_size=”fa-lg” use_custom_icon_size=”no” separator=”no” text=”Regardless of your wealth or bounty, use what God has been entrusted to you to extend the master’s influence. The rewards God gives to such faithful service are abundance compared to the task accomplished.”][icon_text box_type=”normal” icon=”fa-check-circle” icon_type=”normal” icon_position=”left” icon_size=”fa-lg” use_custom_icon_size=”no” separator=”no” text=”You will never discover the joy in Christ and abundance living, when you see God as taskmaster. You will never multiply the gifts God you because you live in fear. The Biblical fear is your loving reverence of God, “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction” (Proverbs 1:7 NKJV). Don’t be like the wicked servant who hide his talent and prevented others from benefiting from it. Serve others with your gift and receive the joy of your heavenly Father.”][/qode_elements_holder_item][/qode_elements_holder][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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