The Parable of the TalentsA certain Master gives three of his servants money or talents before he sets out on a journey “to a far country.” Their responsibility was to wisely use and invest it, so it yields a good return.Giving an Account At the Master’s return, he calls the three servants and asks them to render an account of what they had done with the talents. Two of the servants were industrious in their handling of that which had been entrusted to them, while the third servant quite simply hid the talent given to him.Industrious or Fearful?Each of us had been entrusted with gifts, talents, abilities and resources for which we would have to render an account when the Master–Jesus Christ–returns. Have we used them wisely for the expansion of His Kingdom here on earth or have we buried them?