Not to use your talent is to lose it!
Everyone has a talent to serve on behalf of the Kingdom. Jesus will judge us if we are in the category of “lazy and unprofitable servant”. Let not yourself be placed in that category.
James wrote by The Holy Spirit in James chapter 4:
17 Therefore, to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.
We often talk about sins of commission, but the sins of omission are just as real. If you know of an opportunity to do the right thing today, yet you refrain from doing it, you’re guilty of sin.
There are three classes of people who will suffer rejection:
The foolish virgins who took no oil.
The one talent servant who did nothing with his talent.
The goat nations who did not help the brothers of Jesus.
They were all totally and finally rejected by GOD. What did they all have in common to be rejected? Simply, they did nothing!
James also wrote by The Holy Spirit in James chapter 1:
22 But be doers of the Word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
23 For if anyone is a hearer of the Word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror;
24 for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.
25 But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does.
If you are a doer of the Word, then you are not lazy and you will be rewarded. When people are bored, they don’t have this revelation. There are needs all around us yet if we focus on “self”, we will become a hearer only. Don’t procrastinate but instead, seek out the opportunity that awaits your talent. You may be broke, but you have the resource of time to invest.
We must not forget our Divine origin!
27 True spirituality that is pure in the Eyes of Our Father God is to make a difference in the lives of the orphans, and widows in their troubles, and to refuse to be corrupted by the world’s values.
FATHER has a special place for orphans and widows for they have suffered a loss of someone who was primary in their life. We are to express Love and compassion to them and minister accordingly. This in itself is a talent. No one likes to be lonely. Show them that they are special by taking time out of your day to reach out. Be a living testimony of the Love of GOD in those with whom you have contact.
Our talents are meant to serve others in some capacity. If we fail to see this mandate, we are deceived… self-deception. If you only use your talents to exalt yourself, you will ultimately be judged.
Jesus spoke in Matthew chapter 23:
11 But he who is greatest among you shall be your servant.
12 And whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.
This is a vital Truth to our future, especially at the Judgement Seat of Christ.
13 “But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men; for you neither go in yourselves, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in.
14 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.
Jesus implies that the Pharisees would enter the houses of widows, pray lengthy prayers, and then intimidate the widows and ask for offerings. Rather than serving the widow, they devoured what little the widow had.
When given the opportunity, we are to serve the widows, the orphans, and the poor. At Servias, we purpose to focus on these groups… our past distributions prove it, and FATHER responds to this focus by blessing us. Obedience to The Word produces blessings!