His master said to him, “Well done, my good and faithful servant. Since you were faithful in small matters, I will give you great responsibilities. Come, share your master’s joy.”
(Matthew 25:23)
Lord, when you come, we hope to hear words like this from you. Still, I wonder whether the servant who buried his talent would have wanted any responsibility at all. Was he afraid of failure or success?
When my daughter was three, I heard her reading aloud in her room. I suspected that she didn’t want us to know she could do it because then we might expect too much of her. Am I that different?
Talents are not given to us for ourselves. You expect us to increase them by nurturing and sharing. The Biblical talent was a coin, but the use of the word today makes the interpretation of this parable obvious. What are my talents and how can I increase them for your sake? I am a teacher without students. Whom can I help and how? If I search for your will, you will direct me. Please open me to your message. I have more blessings than I know how to appreciate. Show me how to trade with them for the good of all your people.