Matthew 25

So I've been reading the parable of the talents lately. Yahweh's drawn my attention there, and it's been very interesting because I've had to read it multiple times, pressing in, to get anything out of it. This morning, I realized something.

But first, the background. The parable of the talents is found in Matthew 25:14-30. In these verses, Yahweh is likened to a man who had three servants and entrusted to them his goods before going on a trip. The first servant is given 5 talents, the second servant 2 talents, and the third servant 1 talent. "Each according to his ability."

You know the story, the first two servants go an earn the number of talents they were given over again so that the first servant returned to his master 10 talents and the second servant 4. But the third servant, out of fear, hid his talent in a hole in the ground, and though is master received his talent back, he was not pleased with this servant.

The first two servants were both commended, however, with the same phrase (vs. 21 and 23): Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over few things, now I will make you ruler over many. Enter into the joy of your Lord.

Because these servants were not afraid, like the third was, they put their talents to use and gave their master back more than he had when he left. This is us, the Kingdom sons of Yahweh who have been entrusted with the stewardship of the earth until such time as Yahshua Himself returns to govern it.

And here's what's interesting to me: it didn't matter what the capacity of the servant had at the start...how many talents he received. Both the servant with 5 talents and  the servant with 2 were commended in the same way: Well done! Because it wasn't the amount that mattered, but the faithfulness. And doesn't that make sense? Yahweh has limitless capacity and as long as we keep trusting Him and keep changing, conforming more and more to His nature, our capacity will always be increasing. We just have to be faithful and fearless. And He will say, "Well done!"