{"id":11376,"date":"2024-07-11T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-11T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/satchurch.lv\/?p=11376"},"modified":"2016-06-13T22:46:47","modified_gmt":"2016-06-13T19:46:47","slug":"do-afraid-work-afraid-sacrifice-time-lord","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/satchurch.lv\/en\/do-afraid-work-afraid-sacrifice-time-lord\/","title":{"rendered":"Do not be afraid to work; do not be afraid to sacrifice your time to the Lord!"},"content":{"rendered":"Greetings to you, dear readers! Our Lord is good and merciful!\r\n
\u201cYour mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens; Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds\u201d\u00a0(Psalm, 36:5).<\/h6>\r\nHe loved His Church and every one of us with eternal love!\r\n\r\nGod desires to see His Church as the group of people that is prepared and knows what to do. God wants His children to learn and grow not only spiritually, but also intellectually, creatively; He wants us to not waste any time. His desire is that we would use all the opportunities He is sending our way.\r\n\r\nDo not be afraid to work; do not be afraid to sacrifice your time to the Lord! Real work requires some sweating, so to speak.\r\n\r\nOnce again let\u2019s look at the parable of talents that Jesus told. We saw the first two servants who got to work right away, not wasting any time and using everything they had been given by their master.\r\n\r\nNow let\u2019s look at the third servant and what he was thinking.\r\n
\u00abBut he who had received one went and dug in the ground, and hid his lord\u2019s money\u00bb\u00a0(Mathew, 25:18).<\/h6>\r\nThis person received some\u00a0money from his master<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0and he\u00a0hid<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0it.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Please, notice these words \u2018money from his master<\/u><\/em><\/strong>\u2019.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>He knew that what he had received did not belong to him; it belonged to his master. And he made a conscious decision to hide the treasure his master had given him.\r\n\r\nHe did two things that we should avoid: he dug his talent in the ground and hid it.\r\n\r\nIn order to dig it in the ground, he had to make an effort.\r\n\r\nThe first two servants worked to create and make some profit for their master. The third one also worked; it could have been quite hard for him, but his work did not bring any fruit.\r\n\r\nMany of us spend a lot of energy when running away from our calling. Sometimes people work hard to come up with different excuses why they are not entering their calling that is so obvious to them. Whether a person answers the call of God or runs away from it, it takes some effort.\r\n\r\nWe can not spend our life running away from God\u2019s calling.\r\n\r\nThe third servant hid his master\u2019s treasure. Possibly, he got offended by the fact that he was given less than the other two. This servant was ashamed of what he had and hid it.\r\n\r\nToday I see so many people acting this way in the house of God. Many consider their talents too insignificant, because they cannot measure up to some \u2018big shots\u2019. Many are ashamed of their talents, because they consider them to be very small. God gives someone a prophetic word, but he never proclaims it to the church because he or she thinks that someone else \u2013 like a pastor or a leader \u2013 can do a much better job.\r\n\r\nWe can not feel ashamed of the talents given to us by the Lord. We should not hide them from the people. We should make use of them and multiply them.\r\n\r\nRemember that all great things begin with \u2018a seed\u2019, something seemingly insignificant. A tiny seed is the beginning for a huge garden. Do not hide what the Lord has given you. Use it! Do business with it!\r\n\r\nMay God give every one of us wisdom and power to serve and use our talents!\r\n\r\nTill tomorrow!\r\n\r\nPastor Rufus Ajiboye","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00abBut he who had received one went and dug in the ground, and hid his lord\u2019s money\u00bb (Mathew, 25:18).\r\n\r\nThis person received some money from his master and he hid it. Please, notice these words \u2018money from his master\u2019. He knew that what he had received did not belong to him; it belonged to his master. 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