Wisdom....

"A wise man learns from the mistakes of others. Nobody lives long enough to make them all himself".

Yesterday at the Kingdom, Josh spoke about the parable of the talents.. Many people might have heard it heaps of times (including me). But the Word of God is fresh each time when we read it and each time when we review it.

Matthew 25:15-18 - 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. The man who had received the five talents went at once and put his money to work and gained five more. So also, the one with the two talents gained two more. But the man who had received the one talent went off, dug a hole in the ground and hid his master's money.

People reading this parable might have thought something like - God must be showing favouritism. He gives different people different amount of talents.... We sometimes even compare ourselves amongst our friends... That guy scores As for fun... That girl wins medals in school for fun... We've had friends like that.. or at least know someone or is someone like that... However.. the verse goes on to say that the 5 produced 5 more and he got 10 and the one given 2 doubled and got 4 but the one who had one hid his talent has his very own taken away and given to the one with 10 (now).
I believe that if the guy with 5 talents and 2 talents didn't produce anything with what they were entrusted with, it would be taken away from them.. Haven't we seen many talented people started well and ended their life average... And we also see some of the most average people end their life extremely well..

Well.. This shows that skills can be multiplied. If God would have given the guy with two talents 5, he might not have produced the result that the 5 would have produced, because he doesn't have the capacity now. God loves us all the same and have no favouritism. But each of us is different... It would be absurd to compare a butcher with a pilot. One tells another I can cut the meat better than you and the latter tells the former that he can fly better than him. Look at what we are given. Each of us have innate talents. Our value in God is intrinsic. Look at our strengths, at what we can do and multiply that. You are definitely good at something.....

I've learnt heaps from Josh.. Ha ha. Hope that you have too.

Lv
Bryan