It’s tax time. Yeah!! No? For some of us this means we will be getting some money back, for others, not so much. If you are a fellow Christian, then you know God wants us to be free from the love of money and to be content with what we have, or don’t have (Hebrews 13:5 NIV). God wants us to use the spiritual gifts as well as the monetary gifts He has given us wisely. The Parable of the Talents in Matthew 25:14-28 describes 3 servants whose master gave them each 5, 2, and 1 talent (a talent is equal to more than a thousand dollars) respectively. The first two servants invested their talents and doubled what the master gave them. To these two servants the master then gave more. The last servant was so afraid of losing the talent that was given him that he hid it in the ground. The master was so disappointed that he took that servants talent and gave it to the first servant. He then asked his servant why he didn't at least put the money in the bank so he could collect the interest. In this parable, Jesus means we are the servants and God is our master and we should use what he has given us to His glory.
If you were given the gift of prophecy and never shared that gift, think of what a waste that would be! We can't let money or possessions run our lives, but we can be smart with what God has given us and turn it into more. Have you ever noticed that when you give, God finds a way to give right back to you? I remember one year where my husband and I made some extra money and so we gave more than we normally would have that year. At the end of the year we realized that God had creatively given almost every dime that we had given back to us. It was so amazing! In economic times like this, we tend to cut back on what we give because we are afraid that we won’t have enough for ourselves. Don’t forget that God will take care of us if we trust in Him. He will reward us in the end and that really is what counts.
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