I challenge you, whoever you may be, to do a little each day for the Lord
Jesus Christ. Please don't make the mistake of burying your talents which
God has given to you as did the foolish servant in the Bible (Matthew
25:24-26). Everyone has some talents, resources, abilities, money, time,
gifts, or some thing they can give back to God. No one has everything, but
we all have something we can DO FOR GOD. What is it that God has given to
you? All Moses had was a rod in his hand, but look at all God did with that
rod.
God came to Moses on the backside of the desert and commissioned Moses to lead the Israelites out of bondage and slavery in Egypt. Moses didn't want the job and made all sorts of excuses in an attempt to convince God that He had the wrong guy. Moses said he was slow of speech. So God said He would send along Moses' brother, Aaron, to be Moses' spokesman. Moses said the Jews wouldn't listen to him, being a nobody. God told Moses to tell the people of God that I AM had sent him. Moses told God that he had no skills, abilities, nor talents. God asked Moses what was in His hand. Exodus 4:2, “And the LORD said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod.” God used that simple stick, a wooden rod, to deliver Israel for bondage in Egypt. God parted the Red Sea and bestowed many miracles and blessings upon God's people through Moses' rod.
Most people don't CARE enough to SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES as Jesus commanded in John 5:39, and so they remain ignorant about spiritual matters and God cannot help them. God helps those who do things HIS WAY. Proverb 3:5-7 promises divine guidance only to those who acknowledge God in all their ways, which means searching the Scriptures as Jesus said.
Interestingly you cannot show me anywhere in the Bible where we are told to SEEK GOD'S WILL. Rather, we are told to understand and perform God's will. Ephesians 5:17: “Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.” Jesus will open our eyes through His Holy Spirit that lives in us (John 14:18; Romans 8:9). Luke 24:45, “Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the Scriptures.” If you walk with the Lord in the Scriptures, then He will open your eyes to understand THE TRUTH. Jesus is THE TRUTH (John 14:6). Jesus' Words are TRUTH and LIFE (John 6:63). The Bible is TRUTH (John 17:17). 2nd Thessalonians 2:10 teaches that we ought to LOVE THE TRUTH. The Bible can be summed up in one word... TRUTH.
We already know what God's will is in the Bible. So many people are seeking God's will in unknown areas of their life; while not CARING about God's revealed will in known areas of their life. In other words, we ought to obey God's revealed will before we seek God's hidden will for our lives.
All that God needs from you is what He has given to you, even if it's nothing more than a rod in your hand. God can do anything and doesn't need our skills or abilities. God wants our trust, obedience and love. So many Christian workers waste all their time administrating, holding business meetings, and getting caught up in some 501C3 State-licensed business that they never go soul-winning or DO ANYTHING meaningful for God.
I feel sorry for the minister who spends 99% of his time at the lumberyard, hardware store, brickyard, the bank, and other businesses to maintain his business; while the local community goes straight to Hell fire without ever hearing the Gospel even once from this so-called man of God. Something is wrong with the priorities of most professed Christian believers. Soul-winning ought to be our very TOP PRIORITY!!!
Matthew 25:24,26, “Then he which had received the one talent ... went and hid thy talent in the earth ... His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant.”
“When the last helper has fainted, the last cure has failed, faith's last leaf has withered and your last friend has faltered, there is a God in Heaven Who answers prayer Who will care for you and provide for your needs.”
SOURCE: Pastor Jack Hyles, a quote from the book, EXPLORING PRAYER WITH JACK HYLES, chapter 50
