The Importance of Cultivating
From the Pastor’s Desk
In Matthew 14 Jesus told a parable concerning a man (master) who had to travel away to a distant land. He left three of his servants and entrusted them with large sums of money (talents). To one he gave 5 talents and to a second he gave two and to one he gave only one talent What each did with this large sum of money is the subject matter of today’s message. This story is not about salvation but rather what we do with the greatest talent or greatest gift ever given to mankind. Are we to multiply it to the benefit of Him who gave the gift or are we to bury it so that no one even knows that we received it. Ephesians 2:8-9 tells us that our salvation is a free gift from God and it was not of any great works on our part. However, the following verse tells us that we are “created for good works” and even we are to “walk in them”. Just as the master in the parable expected his servants to multiply his large sum of money, God expects us to multiply that which He has given to us. If you have been given the gift of grace, God expects for you to multiply that gift. As we shall see, hiding the most precious gift has dire consequences.
Pastor Basye
