DailyDevotion Wed. 25/1/2017

LESSON 9                                       29/1/2017

THE PARABLE OF TALENTS

Suggested Hymns: G.H.B. 68, 69

Devotional Reading: 1 Cor. 12:1-11

Topic for Adult: You Will Be Held Accountable.

Topic for Youth: Use Your Talents To Glorify God

Topic for Intermediates: Don’t Bury Your Talents

Scripture Lesson: Matt. 25:14-30; Ps. 8:3-6; Prov. 10:4-5

Memory Verse: For the kingdom of heaven is like a man traveling to a far country, who called his own servants and delivered his goods to them – Matt. 25:14 (NKJV)

DAILY DEVOTIONAL READING

Wed. 25/1/2017

We Are Not Created With Equal Ability But Have Equal Rewards

Matt. 25:15b 

The most overlooked part of this parable is the second half of verse fifteen: the master gives to each servant talents, “…each according to his ability.” The master understood that the one-talent servant was not capable of producing as much as the five-talent servant. We want to protest this as unfair. Yet we know this is true from our own experience. Diversity is woven into the fabric of creation. But even though we’re not created equal in regard to the talents we’re given. There is equality found in the Parable of the Talents. It comes from the fact that it takes just as much work for the five-talent servant to produce five more talents as it does the two-talent servant to produce two more talents. This is why the reward given by the master is the same. The master measures success by degrees of effort.

Point of Emphasis: The master understood that the one-talent servant was not capable of producing as much as the five-talent servant.

Prayer Point: Lord Jesus, don’t let me miss my reward in your kingdom.