Giving back our Talents.

We all know the parable of the talents. How each servant was granted certain talents from their master and how the master reacted to each servant based upon the number of talents that each servant returned.

I've always thought about that parable by the definition of gifts or skills that the Lord has granted me. I've thought about the parable from a point of "Have I used the gifts wisely? or "Have I returned those gifts to the Lord by using them fruitfully for His purpose?"

The one thing that hasn't ever clicked was how I could "multiply" the gifts. It just hasn't quite computed for me.

Several weeks ago I thought about the parable from a different perspective. I started thinking about the "gifts" as being the people that God has put in my life. Our gifts are really our family, our friends, our co-workers, the person on the street or the person next to us in the pew.

By seeing our gifts from God as the people He has placed in our lives, we can pose the question differently. "Have I done what I can to lead the people in my life to Christ?"

Have I shown those people enough of Christ that they want to follow. Have I lived in fellowship with another person in order to help them on their journey to the Father. Do I see Christ in every person I meet, and does the person I meet see Christ in me?

This is what the Men's Fellowship is all about. Walking with the men in our lives on the journey to Christ.

The next time you think about your talents, think about the people in your life and whether or not you are doing your part to return them to Christ.

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- Praying for us and the men in your lives.
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