Good Morning Thursday......
Father thank You for this NEW DAY! As we rise to meet this new day, please let us be filled with Your Spirit. Wherever we go, let us SPREAD LOVE, JOY, PEACE, GOODNESS, and FAITHFULNESS. Let us desire to become more like You and to worship You IN ALL WE DO. Help us desire these things so much more than the sin that entices us. In Yeshua, Jesus Christ's Name we pray. Amen. - Talents of Truth (Elul: Day 8) When we look into the parable of the talents there are a few things to observe: 1.) Everything belongs to the Master 2.) The talents given to the servants are not their own. 3.) The talents the servants earn is not theirs to keep 4.) The servant who did not use his talent wisely had it all taken from him. We can see the servants are merely stewards for The Master and what The Master looks to see is the quality, increase, and effort of their service. We all as children of The Kingdom of God have a responsibility to use our talents for the benefits of others. We must honor Our Father In Heaven with our talents and not become disillusioned by the enemy to believe they are only for our own selfish needs. When we understand that, because of the curse of sin, the work we do will be difficult, we seek Him for the "easy yoke (Matthew 11:30)." Our Father gave us His Son, the easy yoke, placement in His Family, and all the tools needed to succeed in honoring Him and serving others. We can gain the most satisfaction out of this life if we but join Him and find joy in doing our best for Him. We can do this no matter the situation in which we currently reside. Let's take a look at 1 Peter and see what our Brother and Apostle of Yeshua, Jesus Christ says about this: “As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. If anyone speaks, let him speak as the oracles of God. If anyone ministers, let him do it as with the ability which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.” I Peter 4:10-11 We live in a culture where far too many people who call themselves christians think that their talents simply exist to make a lot of money and "live the good life." But God tells us He Gave Us Talents To Benefit Others, not ourselves. Something for all of us to keep in mind is, God gave many other people talents as well and daily we benefit from them. If we keep that thought in mind, maybe it will help us to "pay it forward" more often. If we ever need an example of The Perfect Use Of Talents, we need only look at Our Savior. Yeshua, Jesus Christ, Used His Talents For Everyone and John tells us that if he were to write down all those uses... every book in the entire world couldn't contain them (John 21:25). Jesus Models Stewardship Like No Other, Even Giving His Very Life For Us. If we ever are in doubt of the use of our talents, we need only turn to The Truth, Yeshua Ha'Mashiach, Jesus Christ Himself, and be reminded of how we are to use them... selflessly. Prayer: Dear Father God, please cover us in Your Grace, Truth, and help us to always strive to be faithful stewards of Your Calling. You have given us so much by way of opportunity and providence to Glorify You. Help us to use those opportunities, and Your Providence of placement, to serve the common good and further Your Kingdom. Bless You and Praise You. We love you and we pray these things in Your Son's Holy Name Jesus Christ, Yeshua Ha'Mashiach. Amen. The Word of God: “For the kingdom of heaven is like a man traveling 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. 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. After a long time the lord of those servants came and settled accounts with them. “So he who had received five talents came and brought five other talents, saying, ‘Lord, you delivered to me five talents; look, I have gained five more talents besides them.’ His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant; you were faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’ He also who had received two talents came and said, ‘Lord, you delivered to me two talents; look, I have gained two more talents besides them.’ His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’ “Then he who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Lord, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you have not sown, and gathering where you have not scattered seed. And I was afraid, and went and hid your talent in the ground. Look, there you have what is yours.’ “But his lord answered and said to him, ‘You wicked and lazy servant, you knew that I reap where I have not sown, and gather where I have not scattered seed. So you ought to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I would have received back my own with interest. Therefore take the talent from him, and give it to him who has ten talents. ‘For to everyone who has, more will be given, and he will have abundance; but from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away. And cast the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” Matthew 25:14-30
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