During this time of waiting, we need to pay attention to teachings such as the parable of the talents about the master who travelled to a far country and bestowed resources on his servants to make wise use of during his absence.[1] Whether we have been given ten, five, two or only one talent, we need to invest our giftings in the Kingdom before we pass away or are among the privileged group which one day will be caught up to meet the Lord in the air. “Let your waist be girded and your
lamps burning; and you yourselves be like men who wait for their master, when he will return from the wedding, that when he comes and knocks they may open to him immediately. Blessed are those servants whom the master, when he comes, will find watching. Assuredly, I say to you that he will gird himself and have them sit down to eat, and will come and serve them.”[2] We must be like our Saviour who said, “I must work the works of Him who sent Me while it is day; the night is coming when no one can work.”[3] We must continue to “as we have opportunity... do good to all, especially to those who are of the household of faith.”[4] Whatever gifts and talents are bestowed on us, they are to be invested in the Kingdom. “And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart”[5]...
[1] Matthew 25:14-30
[2] Luke 12:23-37
[3] John 9:4
[4] Galatians 6:10
[5] Galatians 6:9
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Scripture taken from the New King James Version®.