Joyfully Multiplying His Talents

Revelation 4:11
Splendor and honor and kingly power
Are yours by right, O Lord our God,
For you created everything that is,
and by your will they were created and have their being.
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What is joyful service in the presence of our Creator?

God delights in those who put their hope in His love. In the Parable of the Talents (Matthew 25: 14-30) two servants multiply the talents they’ve been given. These servants put their hope in His love and they share in their master's happiness!

Being slaves, these two certainly knew that they did not create or own their talents. They knew that these talents were a gift from their master and they found joy in helping their master multiply them.

In the same way, accepting that my talents came from the one who created everything, I can find tremendous joy in multiplying them.  I can delight God and I can bring delight to His people and His creation. 

Prayer:

Gracious God, as my journey continues, I sometimes forget to stop to thank You for all the talents in my life.  My blessings are many and my heart is filled with gratefulness for the gift of living, for the ability to love and be loved, and for the opportunity to invest these talents in the wonders of creation.  Amen.