Take the Risk

“The servant given one thousand said, ‘Master, I know you have high standards and hate careless ways, that you demand the best and make no allowances for error. I was afraid I might disappoint you, so I found a good hiding place and secured your money. Here it is, safe and sound down to the last cent.’  Matthew 25:24-25 The Message  

There is a way that seems right to man but the end there of will be destruction. Here we find the second half of Matthew 25.  We’re all very familiar with this scripture. What are you doing with the gifts you’ve been blessed with? Are you playing it safe out of laziness. Maybe you’re ‘scared stiff’. The servants that received the praise of their master took the gifts given them away from the place they’d received them. They weren’t afraid to expose their gifts to people that weren’t in the room when they were blessed. All three servants knew their master always received a tremendous return on his investments. Yet one chose to hide his gift. He didn’t want to expose it for fear something unexpected might happen. God expects a return on the oil He’s poured out onto you. It’s our responsibility to bring souls, money, even ideas into the kingdom that there may be a tangible return on God’s investment. Don’t sit on what you have inside.