Matthew 25:24-25–He also who had received the one talent came forward, saying, ‘Master, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you scattered no seed,  25 so I was afraid, and I went and hid your talent in the ground. Here you have what is yours.’ 

One of things that I have in common with my kids when I am struggling to accept what God has given me, is focusing on what He asked me to do, than a desire to please Him in doing it.  The hope is that the more I mature in faith, the less I will question and just trust, with a desire to please Him no matter the command!(prayerfully my kids will do the same with my wife and I)

If you are familiar with the parable of the talents, than you know that the wicked servant was the one who did nothing with what his master entrusted him with.  The issue wasn’t that he had one talent, because his master gave him the one talent.  The problem was that the servants attitude was more focused on his master and his expectations, than simply obeying and making a profit!

Like my children and myself at times, we love to question the parameters surrounding why we should do what God commands and expects.  It reveals how spoiled we are to debate Him, when in reality He is giving us an opportunity to please Him and see our faith work, eventually for our benefit.  But the perspective of the wicked servant had no desire to produce for his master and make a profit. He denied himself the opportunity to be productive for his master and show gratitude towards him…

If our heart is continually making excuses not to sow for profit into God’s Kingdom than we have a problem.  The issue if we see no profit or benefit in being a Christian, it is because we sow more to our flesh than the Spirit.  “God is not mocked, whatsoever a man sows that shall he also reap”(Galatians 6:7-8).  So before we complain about doing what is expected, we should ask has there been any lasting benefit in doing what I want, over what God expects?

In His Love, Ld