The Bottom Line

 Dramas, book reading, language learning, writing, tending to a blog or vlog and doing housework among so many other possible activities and responsibilities compete for a person's time and attention.  How is one to manage them all!

Well, for one, a person could reduce and/or eliminate activities that are more 'false,' those areas of our life that one lifts up their souls and spirits to.  There's no blessing in falseness.  Seek the Lord and His righteousness especially if that activity has become borderline or an actual addiction.

In this journey of life, if we have not already discovered what gifts, talents and skills we have, we can go find out.  Then use them.  We can learn to manage our time, and use our gifts.  Let's be diligent.

It's like the parable where the master gave talents to his servants, expecting them to use them wisely and earn profit.  Five, two, and one talent were dispensed to three different servants.  The first two earned their respective amount more.  The third didn't bother.  He buried his, not using it at all making flimsy excuse.

When Jesus entrusts 'talents' to us His children, and we see Him as our Lord and Master, what will we do with those talents?  Will we use them at home, at work, in our neighborhood and church?

Those first two servants were commended when their master returned.  He said, 

"Well done good and faithful servant."

What wonderful acknowlegement of their service and efforts on His behalf.

We all know what happened to the servant who buried his talent.  The master was none too pleased and had him banished and severely punished.

This is NOT to insinuate at all, that a believer could lose his or her salvation.  NO!  There just won't be any reward.  There will be no blessing.  A wasted life ... That third fellow did not know his master's character at all.  Let us each learn to know our Master and Savior Jesus Christ and be proactive in seeking opportunities to use our 'talents' for the furtherance of the Kingdom of God and to build up our brothers and sisters-in-Christ in their most holy faith.  We need to use them to show love one to another in the family of God and to win souls for Christ.

The bottom line is time management in order to use your 'talent(s)' more effectively.  How will we arrange or rearrange or eliminate activities and responsibilities that rob our time?

Let's give of our best to the Master.

                                                                 ~ERC  February 2025 ~

Based on Matthew 25:14-30 and Christian Disciplines - Lesson 8 - Managing Time and Gifts - Life Builder Bible Study - Christian Character.

Sing, Give of Your Best to the Maser, along with Reflection.