DON’T BURY YOUR TALENT – Monday December 5th 2016
Memorise:
But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly;
and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. 2nd Corinthians 9:6
24 Then
he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee
that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and
gathering where thou hast not strawed:
25 And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine.
26 His
lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou
knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not
strawed:
27 Thou
oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at
my coming I should have received mine own with usury.
28 Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents.
29 For
unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance:
but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.
Bible in one year: Exodus 20:1-22:15, Psalms 117
MESSAGE
God
ordained seedtime and harvest not just to mark time, but as a life
principle. He also gave varying degrees of talents to every human being
as a form of heavenly investment. Consequently, every legitimate human
task, however menial it may seem, is of intrinsic worth and a potential
means of glorifying God. Open Heaven Monday 5 December 2016:- Don’t bury
your telent
God
expects us to use our God given talents and abilities profitably. I
once told my children that if they understand the natural farming
process with the scriptural principles on sowing and reaping, entering
into their harvest will be a work-over, because they will know what to
sow, how to sow it and how to water the seed sown in order to have their
desired harvest. In essence, they will know how to profitably use their
talents for the progress of God’s kingdom. When the Holy Ghost Service
congregation grew beyond what I could handle all by myself, I chose
seven elders to assist me.
I gave each of them a neck tie I had used
during previous ministrations, and asked them to wear them as mantle
from me. Each time they wore them while ministering, there were records
of miracles, signs and wonders. But then, I also observed that I began
to harvest neckties from close associates and friends who travelled to
South Africa, London or America. I became curious about the fact that
whenever anyone brought me a gift, it was a neck tie. So I asked God
why. The Lord said; “Son, if you sow ties, you will reap ties.” Then I
realised that I was receiving the harvest of the ties I gave out. So I
began to sow shoes to pastors who shared the same shoe size with me.
After giving out several of them, some of which were my best, I waited
the first and second months but no shoe gift came from anywhere. Worried
over the delay, I asked God why the harvest was yet to come and He
taught me another lesson. He said; “Son, if you plant maize, you can
harvest it within three months, but if you plant yam, you will have to
wait a little longer.
Shoe
are more valuable than ties; the greater the quality of the seed you
have sown, the longer you will have to wait for its harvest. Since you
have planted shoes, you will have to wait a little longer, but the
moment the harvest begins, it will not stop.”
When
the harvest came, I got shoes of different sizes, colours and levels of
sophistication. Have you sown a seed? Your harvest will come. [Open
Heavens Devotional 2016] If you have sown quality seeds, give it time to
mature, if you are impatient with your seed, you cannot obtain its full
potentials. On the other hand, sow quality seeds; sow only what you
want to reap. It is wrong to expect a harvest from where you have not
sown. Have you sown towards your desired harvest?
Prayer Point:
Father, please help me sow towards my desired harvest.
Open Heavens Daily Devotional, written by Pastor E.A Adeboye
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