WHAT IS YOUR TALENT?
Before you proceed, make sure you answer the question above. If it is up to 10, no problem just list them out, if you don’t know which one to write as your talent; don’t panic this lesson is for you, at the end of the lesson you will have what to write.
In a certain town, there was a man who want to go on a journey, he called his workers and put them in charge of his properties, he distributed his asset to them, he gave to each one of them according to their ability; to one he gave 50 % of his asset in coins, to another he gave 20%, to another he gave 10%, then he left for his journey that took him many years to return. The servant who had received 50% coins went at once and invests his money and earned double of what his master gave him. In the same way the servant who had received 20% went and double what his master gave him through investment. But the third servant who had received 10% out of one thing or the other went and dug a hole in the ground, hid his master’s money.
After a long period of time their master came back, he settled account with them. The servant that received 50% appeared to render his account of how he manages his portion of the asset. He said ‘look you gave me five thousand coins’, here is another five thousand coins that I have earned, the master congratulated him for his wisdom (talent), he said ‘you have been faithful in managing small amounts so I will put you in charge of large amount’. Then the servant who received 20% came in and said ‘you gave me two thousand coins, here is another two thousand coins that I have earned through investments. His master said ‘you have been faithful in managing small amounts so I will put you in charge of larger amount’. When it was time for the third servant to render his account, he said ‘sir, I know you are a hard man; I was so afraid, so I went off and hid your money in the ground. Look! This is what belongs to you’. Out of anger his master took the money from him, and give it to the one who had five thousand coins. ( Matt 25: 14 – 29 ) this is a familiar story for the Christians but there is a lot to learn from this story.
The thing that took my interest in the story is, the master did not give them any talent, he only gave them part of his asset for their up keep. Another point is, when he gave them this assets he did not mention or give them any directive on how to use this coins; for those of you that are still praying to God for a talent, take note. This is another point to note in the verse 15 of the scripture, the Bible said that, their master gave them this coins according to their ability; what are your abilities? Before you start to envy how God give others more talent and gives you nothing, remember the master only gave them coins they way God gave you your brain, five senses complete.
Now let take a look at what these servants did with their coins, for the first person with his intellect, without being told, look around and see that the people around him were without shoe to wear. He employ people to work, they start making shoe, he sold them out to make more money, he look around them and discover that his people were living in a wooden houses, that are destroyed by termite every year. He moved in to build a cement company and a steel industry; which he sold out his finished product to make more money.
The second person, with the money in his hand, think for some days of what he can do with his coins. He later discover that he should use the money to buy plots of land for agriculture, which he did; he sold the farm produce during the period of scarcity to make more money. This is what I call the real talent, your ability to solve problem, not to create problem to make money is what I call talent, the ability to use what God give you to solve human problem is the real talent, So take note. Look at Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gate, Google, Addidas these are guys that are growing wealthier as day pass by, why? Because they make good use of what the master deposited in their brain, then on daily account our little coins is being collected from our pocket and thrown into their wallet. Anyway this is not what I want to talk about.
Now, let take a look at the third servant, he did not even went to shop with his coins, gamble, club or spray it in parties, like most of us would love to do, who knows may be one day he would become like Tu-face, Davido or Olamide. The Bible says in the verse 18 of Matthew 25: 19 – 29, ‘he went off dug a hole in the ground, and hid his master’s money. This is more than stupidity, this is laziness, what happened to him we all know; most of us are like this, I am sorry to say this.
For those of you couldn’t write anything when I ask, ‘what is your talent’, the thing is that you have to look inward, I know that in your mind you are asking me ‘what of the coins their master gave to those servants’. I will tell you that surely you have more than what the first worker had, the coins, God had given you more than enough, what is the coins compare to your brain, your five sense organs, life, good health, clement weather, good farm land, a good government, schools, markets, people, the available natural resources, what is five thousand coins compared to these things.
My people the asset is being provided for us by the creator, let us make our talent out of it, so that at the end of the day, our little things will not be collected from us and added over to those who already have more. Thank you.
For those of you who are yet to discover your talent, I hope my next post will help you to find your self one, it will help you to “discover your God giving talent. I love you all.
