„On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable“ (1 Corinthians 12:22)(Matthew 25:14-15 -28) "Again, it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted his property to them. To one he gave five talents of money, to another two talents, and to another one talent, each according to his ability. Then he went on his journey.“
When God is calling you to serve Him, He gives you a talent and by that He is entrusting to you something that He values. It is up to you how much you will do with the things that He values, and how much you will value it. God gives everyone according to his/her capacity. He doesn't give you more than you can take, but He gives you more than you can imagine.
God doesn't give you a talent considering your current state of being or your abilities. He gives you things due to what you are in the Spirit and what you can accomplish.
When God called Gideon to save the people from the hands of Madianites, he wasn't called because he was something in the natural things.
'But Lord, " Gideon asked, "how can I save Israel? My clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my family." - Judges 6:15
'Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon...' - Judges 6:34
Things that can stop us from using our talent:
- we consider ourselves unworthy to be used by God
„Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: "We had to speak the word of God to you first. Since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles.“ (Acts 13:46)
- we see ourselves week, and lacking power when we are faced with a challenge
(1 Timothy 1:12) „I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength, that he considered me faithful, appointing me to his service.“
(2 Corinthians 12:9) „But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me.“
- we don't try to understand the gift that God has placed in us
- we don't seek to know whether it's true or not the words that other people speak in our lives (we don't ask God to confirm it to us if the prophecies that we receive are right and if so to help us understand the time of those prophetic words) - maybe we just blame prophets for not being accurate, but we never bother to know if it's true or not and if it is to fulfill it
(1 Timothy 1:18)„Timothy, my son, I give you this instruction in keeping with the prophecies once made about you, so that by following them you may fight the good fight'
- maybe we end up saying 'I am too young, or too unprepared, or now it's not the right time'
(1 Timothy 4:12) „Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity.'
- we are careless when it comes to the call of God for our life
- we don't see the significance and importance of the gift that God gave us
- we can't value correctly the gift of the Spirit
(1 Timothy 4:14)”Do not neglect your gift, which was given you through a prophetic message when the body of elders laid their hands on you.'
- we take it easy concerning the gifts and due to the fact that we don't value them enough there is a lack of discipline
- we don't evaluate ourselves constantly to see where we stand with God, we can't be open neither to critics or to encouragements
(1Timothy 4:15- 16) „Be diligent in these matters; give yourself wholly to them, so that everyone may see your progress. Watch your life and doctrine closely. Persevere in them, because if you do, you will save both yourself and your hearers.'
- we don't invest our talent (we don't grow in using our gift)
- Lacking enthusiasm
- fear of failure, fear of men
(2 Timothy 1:6-7) „For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands. For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.'
- we don't protect these gifts and we allow Satan to steal them from us
- we are not faithful with the things which have been entrusted to us
- we are easily distracted by things that are good in appearance or things that other people think are successful
- we are not careful enough with the way we speak, our attitude isn't always right
(1 Timothy 6:20) „Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to your care. Turn away from godless chatter and the opposing ideas of what is falsely called knowledge'
(2 Timothy 1:14) „Guard the good deposit that was entrusted to you-guard it with the help of the Holy Spirit who lives in us. “
(1 Timothy 6:11-12) „But you, man of God, flee from all this, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness. Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses.
Pastor Rareș Călugăr
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