Yesterday during my devotional time, the Lord led me to Matthew 25:15. The interesting thing about this particular verse is that after the Master gave the guys the talents, He left straightaway (KJV).
I always missed the straightaway part. Yesterday it seemed to me that it was rather unfair for the Lord not to tell them what to do with the talents He gave them. I know the Lord as the Lord who gives us direction as to how we must use whatever He gave us. This is why this verse seemed strange to me.
It even became more unfair to me that when He came back He required more from the guys and yet He did not tell the guys what they should do.
The answer from the Lord was quite simple when I asked Him. He said there are people around us who tell us what do to with our talents because He has sent them. Sometimes we fear to take Godly advice because of preconcieved ideas. sometimes we fail to take oppotunities that the Lord has placed before us because we just do not trust anyone. we are afraid of failing. At the end of it all we do not have any excuse.
Hearing from God and taking a step of faith is not a risk. People always say you have to risk, you have to take a chance. Taking a step of faith after hearing from the Lord is not a risk because His word never fails. In the kingdom of God we do not risk. we just have courage and take God at His word. The courage also comes from Him. He gives us faith which then gives birth to courage.
In the world, the courage does not come from God but it comes from ourselves. That is why it is a risk because no one is backing your step. Sometimes I do things without hearing from the Lord and the end result is always not good. I just do not want to take risks anymore, I want to walk by faith. Please join me in this endevor to walk by faith and not by sight and past experiences. sometimes the Lord may do something good at a partcular time or at a particular place and we want to copy that same thing. It is a different story altogether when you do something because you heard from God and when you do it because it worked for someone else. If God tells you to do it like the particular person then do it, but if you are just coping without hearing from God, you are taking a risk and no one knows what will be the outcome. One things I can assure you is that it will not be good.
I am speaking from the things I experience so please just pray about this, search the scriptures and let the Lord teach you.
Be blessed.
I always missed the straightaway part. Yesterday it seemed to me that it was rather unfair for the Lord not to tell them what to do with the talents He gave them. I know the Lord as the Lord who gives us direction as to how we must use whatever He gave us. This is why this verse seemed strange to me.
It even became more unfair to me that when He came back He required more from the guys and yet He did not tell the guys what they should do.
The answer from the Lord was quite simple when I asked Him. He said there are people around us who tell us what do to with our talents because He has sent them. Sometimes we fear to take Godly advice because of preconcieved ideas. sometimes we fail to take oppotunities that the Lord has placed before us because we just do not trust anyone. we are afraid of failing. At the end of it all we do not have any excuse.
Hearing from God and taking a step of faith is not a risk. People always say you have to risk, you have to take a chance. Taking a step of faith after hearing from the Lord is not a risk because His word never fails. In the kingdom of God we do not risk. we just have courage and take God at His word. The courage also comes from Him. He gives us faith which then gives birth to courage.
In the world, the courage does not come from God but it comes from ourselves. That is why it is a risk because no one is backing your step. Sometimes I do things without hearing from the Lord and the end result is always not good. I just do not want to take risks anymore, I want to walk by faith. Please join me in this endevor to walk by faith and not by sight and past experiences. sometimes the Lord may do something good at a partcular time or at a particular place and we want to copy that same thing. It is a different story altogether when you do something because you heard from God and when you do it because it worked for someone else. If God tells you to do it like the particular person then do it, but if you are just coping without hearing from God, you are taking a risk and no one knows what will be the outcome. One things I can assure you is that it will not be good.
I am speaking from the things I experience so please just pray about this, search the scriptures and let the Lord teach you.
Be blessed.
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