We discussed the parable of the talents in Matthew 25. I have always been sort of bothered in young women’s and Sunday school classes growing up because they would always teach the parable of the talents about the modern day idea of a talent....
rather than the ancient idea of a talent....
Just to clarify, in the scriptures when they talk about a talent, they are talking about weights/measurements. Fortunately, Brother Griffin teaches us accurately!
In the parable of the talents there are 3 different men each given different amounts of talents. The first two men double the amount of money they are given. The last man did not do anything with his money except hide it in the ground. The thing that we can ask ourselves is what was the motivation behind their actions? Well, the first two men were motivated entirely by faith. They trust that the Lord is an amazing kind good person. The last man was afraid. He judged the Lord to be a cruel unmerciful man. We can learn a few different things from this parable.
1) We should be motivated by faith! We should not let fear get in the way of doing anything. We should not be too afraid to pursue a certain career or ask someone out on a date or take a difficult class or ANYTHING! If we are making our decisions based on fear, we probably aren't making the right decisions. Faith should be the driving force for everything that we do.
2) Another thing we can learn is that we should always try to make our choices when we at the spiritual highs in life, otherwise our prime motivation WILL be fear. If we make choices while we are down and depressed and suffering trials, that is how our life will turn out...down and depressing!
3) Lastly, we should not judge the Lord harshly (just like we shouldn't judge others harshly). God will judge us back the way that we judge him! God will give us back everything if we are willing to put in the work to give it to him first.
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