EACH ACCORDING TO HIS ABILITY

TUESDAY, 29TH AUGUST, 2023.

Author: PASTOR DR. SAMUEL AYORINDE

TOPIC:  EACH ACCORDING TO HIS ABILITY

MEMORIZE: “Encouraging, comforting, and urging you to live lives worthy of God, who calls you into his kingdom and glory.” (1 Thess. 2:12 NIV)  

SCRIPTURE READING: Matthew 25:14-30

“"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. 15 "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. 16 "Then he who had received the five talents went and traded with them, and made another five talents. 17 "And likewise he who had received two gained two more also. 18 "But he who had received one went and dug in the ground, and hid his lord's money. 19 "After a long time the lord of those servants came and settled accounts with them. 20 "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.' 21 "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.' 22 "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.' 23 "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.' 24 "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. 25 'And I was afraid, and went and hid your talent in the ground. Look, there you have what is yours.' 26 "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. 27 'So you ought to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I would have received back my own with interest. 28 'Therefore take the talent from him, and give it to him who has ten talents. 29 '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. 30 'And cast the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'”

EXPOSITION:

This parable tells us about a wealthy man who went on a journey. Before he left, he entrusted three of his servants with some money to manage for him. When he returned from his trip, he called each of his servants to give an account of their stewardship. Two had wisely managed what their master had left them and were rewarded. The third had not and was punished.

This parable challenges us to be faithful stewards of what God has entrusted each of us with. But you will notice here that the servants were not all given the same amount to work with. Some had more, and others had less. What the master gave them to do was according to their ability. But not their reward. Their reward was based on what they had done with what they were given. The one starting with two bags received the same reward as the one who started with five bags.

God knows each of us who are following the Lord Jesus. He knows our abilities and what we are capable of. You might be very talented and gifted, able to serve the Lord in significant ways. Or you might be less talented and gifted with a more limited range of opportunities to serve. But your talents and gifts are not as important as what you do with them. Be faithful in the much or little you have been given. That is what our master cares about. Not what or how much you have done. But how faithful you have been with what you were given.

Your faithfulness to what you were given will determine how productive you will be, this in return will determine your rewards. “But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.” Luke 12:48.

PRAYER POINT:  Lord, I receive grace to be faithful and fruitful to your purpose for (gifts in) my life in Jesus name.

DAILY BIBLE READING IN A YEAR –  Jeremiah 19 – 21.

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ANCHOR OF LIFE is the daily devotional guide written by PASTOR DR. SAMUEL AYORINDE, General Overseer, Anchor of Life & Redemption Ministry Int’l. It is an extraction of God’s word designed to draw the sincere seekers closer to God on a daily basis through an insightful exposition and analysis of God’s Word. 

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