Understand the Assignment
“His master replied, ‘You wicked, lazy servant! So you knew that I harvest where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed?’ ” – Matthew 25:26 Yesterday, I shared something from the Parable of the Talents. The first two servants who received five and two talents gave their master a 100% return on his investment. Today, let’s meet the last servant. I will call him the newbie and the rookie. He’s been entrusted with one talent. For each of these servants, money, in general, is relative in terms of how much is a lot. For the master to invest eight talents into three servants, this amount was probably not a lot for him. But if you’re broke and poor and receive one talent of gold, that is a lot of treasure for you. I believe this is the circumstance of the man who received the one