Garth Heckman

The David Alliance

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Have you ever trusted someone, only to have that person turn in to someone you don’t trust to someone you actually hate… so much so you even call them wicked… even wishing them to go to hell? Thats where were going today. 

Matthew 25:24 “Then the servant with the one bag of silver came and said, ‘Master, I knew you were a harsh man, harvesting crops you didn’t plant and gathering crops you didn’t cultivate. 25 I was afraid I would lose your money, so I hid it in the earth. Look, here is your money back.’

26 “But the master replied, ‘You wicked and lazy servant! If you knew I harvested crops I didn’t plant and gathered crops I didn’t cultivate, 27 why didn’t you deposit my money in the bank? At least I could have gotten some interest on it.’

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A Harsh man… A stubborn man who expects above and beyond without apology! 

It can even be emphasized to mean “violently expects things to happen”. 

But lets take a step back and look at this master… why was he so mad? Just because the servant didn’t invest? I think it goes deeper than that. The Master gave the talents according to each servants ability. 

V. 15 He gave five bags of silver to one, two bags of silver to another, and one bag of silver to the last—dividing it in proportion to their abilities. He then left on his trip.

He would not have given this wicked servant talents if he had not known that he could yield a return. He is mad not just because he did nothing, he is mad because he (the servant) in doing nothing is calling the master a liar. The master believed in him… enough to give him not just talents… but the Master gave him HIS TALENTS.

Can this thought shake you for a second.. the talents you have are not your talents. They have been given to you by God - they are actually his talents. 

Now here is where I think it gets interesting.. he says to the servant “you could have at least put them in the bank”. What does this mean to us in todays world. God is saying… yes you could have used them with my gifting entwined with your work and the talents I gave you… but even if you didn’t use those talents for me, you could have at least used them in the worlds system… but you didn’t even do that.

You didn’t use them for God, you didn’t use them for the world… YOU DID NOTHING! IT WASN’T JUST A SWING AND A MISS… NO IT WAS YOU NOT EVEN SWINGING AT ALL. That is a wicked servant. 

But it also tells me that God talents that he gave us are just as powerful in the world as in the church. Lets not waste them. 

GOD BELIEVES IN YOU. DO YOU BELIVE IN YOU? TRY HIM OUT FOR SIZE AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.