What are you doing with your talent? III

ByPastor Rufus Ajiboye Reading Time: 3 minutes
Greetings to you on this wonderful day that God has made for us! Nobody and nothing can separate us from the love and care of God! Today God presents us with another opportunity to draw wisdom from His Word. His Word is live and powerful! His Word still saves, heals, makes wise and gives direction in this life. God Himself is behind it!We are talking about the importance of God’s Kingdom and the implementation of our talents for the good of this Kingdom. We have to continually remind ourselves that this world – however attractive – is not our home. Our hearts need to think on things above.
«Set your mind on things above» (Colossians, 3:2).
But you cannot mentally switch and start thinking about the things above, because it is a process. It depends on your lifestyle. So Jesus tells us to invest ourselves and our treasures into the Kingdom of God, because where your treasures are, your heart will be also. If you continuously think on how you can build God’s Kingdom, – investing your finances, time, strength and effort into it, – then your heart will also be there. It is a law: your heart will be where your treasures are.But if your treasures are not in the Kingdom of God, then you might even be in the church, but your thoughts and your heart will be elsewhere. How can you make sure that your heart is in love with Jesus and His Kingdom? It is done by investing yourself and your treasures into the Kingdom of God.What are you doing with your talents?
 «For the kingdom of heaven is like a man travelling to a far country, who called his own servants and delivered his goods to them. And to one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, to each according to his own ability; and immediately he went on a journey» (Mathew, 25:14-15).
This passage of Scripture tells us several things. Every one of us has some type of talent, one or more. It relates to absolutely everyone, but different people have different attitude towards their talents.
«Then he who had received the five talents went and traded with them, and made another five talents. And likewise he who had received two gained two more also. But he who had received one went and dug in the ground, and hid his lord’s money» (Mathew, 25:16-18).
This parable demonstrates to us two categories of people that live in this world and in the Kingdom of God. Everyone has a talent; everyone has something he can start with in serving God and investing himself into God’s Kingdom. There are people that are very serious about their talents given to them by God. Also there are other people that are very neglectful about their talents. One person works hard to multiply his talents, to use it, to develop it in order to bring more fruit for the Lord, but another thinks of different things and he has no time for development and use of his talents for the Kingdom of God, so he buries them.Which one are you? What are you busy with? Your life depends on it – here, on earth, and in heaven. Find time today to survey your life and see where you are investing your time and your talents. Tomorrow we explore in more detail why this is so important.Till tomorrow!God bless you!Pastor Rufus Ajiboye

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