Don't Waste Your Talents

What are/is Talents?

Time, Money and Relationships.

Cain & Able - The failed relationship with God, due to envy. Cain did not understand that it is God who recognizes the heart of the matter, it's not what we give, but how. What reverence do we have while giving our gifts to God, our offerings to God. Do we value the relationship that we have with God. He is worthy of praises, do we praise him for what he is and what he has already done or do we do it for our own selfish nature of getting things done by him.

Brokenness as a stepping stone of success:
We can see the examples like Joseph, David, Paul etc., who went through so much of struggle, but yet believed and had faith in God.

Psalm 34:18 (NASB)

18 The Lord is near to the brokenhearted
And saves those who are crushed in spirit.

Jesus' commandment clearly states that relationship with God and with others is more important than any other things. Nothing comes in front of the relationship.

Jesus said: Matthew 16:26 NIV

What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?

Parable of Talents:

Matthew 25:14-30 (ESV)

The Parable of the Talents

14 “For it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants[a] and entrusted to them his property. 15 To one he gave five talents,[b] to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability. Then he went away. 16 He who had received the five talents went at once and traded with them, and he made five talents more. 17 So also he who had the two talents made two talents more. 18 But he who had received the one talent went and dug in the ground and hid his master's money. 19 Now after a long time the master of those servants came and settled accounts with them. 20 And he who had received the five talents came forward, bringing five talents more, saying, ‘Master, you delivered to me five talents; here, I have made five talents more.’ 21 His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant.[c] You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.’ 22 And he also who had the two talents came forward, saying, ‘Master, you delivered to me two talents; here, I have made two talents more.’ 23 His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.’ 24 He also who had received the one talent came forward, saying, ‘Master, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you scattered no seed, 25 so I was afraid, and I went and hid your talent in the ground. Here, you have what is yours.’ 26 But his master answered him, ‘You wicked and slothful servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I scattered no seed? 27 Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received what was my own with interest. 28 So take the talent from him and give it to him who has the ten talents. 29 For to everyone who has will more be given, and he will have an abundance. But from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away. 30 And cast the worthless servant into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

People who hid things under ground are farmers, seeds are hidden for it to have roots. This man hid his talent in the ground. Jesus gives him one option, "Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received what was my own with interest."


 so I was afraid, and I went and hid your talent in the ground.