What Are You Doing With What God Gave You?

from Community Christian Church Hosted by Pastor Chris Rea

God never asks you to be responsible for what He gave someone else. In the Parable of the Talents, each servant was entrusted with something different, but each was responsible for what had been placed in his hands. The temptation is to compare our calling, gifts, opportunities, resources, or influence with someone else’s, but Jesus shifts our attention away from what we were not given and toward what we have been entrusted with. The faithful servants did not receive the same amount, but they shared the same response: they took what their master had given them and put it to work. The tragedy of the third servant was not that he had less, but that fear caused him to bury what he had been given. This message challenges us to stop comparing, stop waiting for what we wish we had, and start faithfully stewarding what God has already placed in our hands. Your purpose is not found in having someone else’s assignment. It is found in being faithful with yours.