Fear of the Talents

As I stand on the cusp of my destiny i spend time alternating between moments of exhilaration and sheer terror. Today as I was considering another step I paused to ask Father what he thought, Matthew 25:25 came to mind, "And I was afraid, and went away and hid your talent in the ground. See you have what is yours." This is the response of one of three servants who were given talents (a gold or silver coin worth $2,000-$30,000) and each invested according to his philosophy of the Master. The first two invested their talents and upon the return of the master they gave him the return on His investment. However when the master came to the third the servant explained that because of fear, presumably of losing the talent through mismanagement, that he had simply buried it. This type of approach is the opposite of that which pleases the Father. Yet so often we, I, find myself paralyzed by the fear of missing God. I donate my time, my energy, my heart - the vital organ - to the enemy's efforts to control the world through condemnation. Wow - I'm learning to stop wasting time. I have been created to redeem the time! It is time for me to stop wasting time in my life with the fear and condemnation that Jesus scorned. It is time for me to chose to develop my spirit, understanding the true source of my legitimacy as a child of God and know my calling. In that place of knowing my calling - what I was truly designed to do - what God had in mind when He chose to knit me together in my mothers womb in the summer 1973, knowing that I would be primed in February 2007 to make a dramatic impact on the world - it is in this place of knowing my calling where I can find true peace and rest.

So, lets be honest about where we have buried that which is most valuable to God, the uniqueness of our lives, and confess our wrong fears of Father, and move into the thrilling field of investing ourselves wholeheartedly into that which Father has created us to do.