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Welcome to the Daily Blade. The word of God is described as the sword of the spirit, the primary spiritual weapon in the Christian's armor against the forces of evil. Your hosts are Joby Martin and Kyle Thompson and they stand ready to equip men for the fight. Let's sharpen up.
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All right, today we're going to dive into Matthew chapter 25 beginning in verse 14. This is known as the parable of the talents. Part of what you need to know is that a talent, it really has a couple of meanings. It was a measure of money. In the first century it was equal to about a million dollars. Today it was about a 20 years wage of an average common worker. And I want to point out again in the context what Jesus is talking about is essentially this, don't waste your life. And so he says this in verse 14. For it will be like a man going on a long journey. And the it there is the return of Christ. For it will be like a man going on a journey who called his servants and entrusted to them his property. This is so important, his property. I need you to know that everything you have is a blood bought grace gift from Jesus. You did not earn it that it was given to you. And one of the common mistakes that men make is we think that we are self made men. Well, I started this company and I made this money and I would say you fool, everything you have was given by God. You did not get to choose your intellect, you did not get to choose your country of origin, you did not get to choose your educational opportunities. You may have worked hard and made the most of those things, but everything, everything that you have in your entire life is his. And everything that has been given to you, one day the way you use it will either bring regret or reward. So first and foremost we must understand that we are owners of nothing. We are stewards of what God has given to us. He goes on to say to one, he gave five talents. Again that's about $5 million to another two and to another one each according to his ability. Now if you're super young you're beginning to say, well that's not very fair. Well pay very close attention to this. Fairness is not a biblical value. God is the sovereign king of the universe and he does what he wants, with who he wants, when he wants. And some of you have lots of money, some of you have a little bit of money, some of you have not very much money. And God is the one often that decides what he is going to trust us with. One of the Questions that I'll ask people when they talk to me about their financial problems is this. If you were God, would you give you more money based on what you have done with what God has given you? Are you conducting the money that ultimately belongs to him in a way that brings him glory and honor? It goes on to say, he who had received the five talents went at once and traded with them, and he made five talents more. Pay very close attention. That delayed obedience is disobedience. So many times people have been given an assignment by God, and you delay and delay and delay. What this brother does is he goes at once, and he does with it what he thinks will bring his master the most glory. So also he who had two talents made two talents more. But he who had received the one talent went and dug in the ground and hid his master's money. Now, after a long time, the master of those servants came and settled accounts with them. I need you to know this, that it may not seem like it's imminent or it's right around the corner, but every single one of us one day will stand before our Lord, our Maker, our Master, the giver of all good things, the one that has blessed you with your job, your mind, your family, your opportunity. And you and I will have to settle accounts with our master. And all of a sudden, in that moment, how much you have in your savings account will not matter as much as it does right now. All of a sudden, in that moment, that new truck won't matter as much as you think it matters right now. And everything that we have been given will either bring reward because we leveraged it for his glory and our joy, or it will bring regret because we began to worship the temporary things instead of the giver of those things. The one thing I want you to wrestle with this day is that do you see all of the things that you have been given as yours or his? And if you see them as yours, I pray that you would pray and that you would repent and you would realize that you are but a steward or a manager of everything that you have for a time, and it has been given to you for the glory of God and for your enjoyment. But if your worship begins to terminate on the temporary things, what you worship, you will put all your time, effort and energy in. And so oftentimes what happens is the things that God gives us as a good gift become objects of our worship as opposed to means by which we worship the one true God. Know this. Everything you have is his. And one day you'll settle accounts and it will either bring you regret or reward.
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