Don't Waste Your Life

In Matthew 25: 14-30 describes the parable of the bags of gold. A master gives his servants some gold and instructed them to be good stewards of it until he came back. When he did, most servants multiplied the money that was given to them, all but one, who hid the money because he was afraid to lose the money and that his master would give him a hard time. When the Lord found out about this he gave the money the unfaithful servant had to the one who had the most money and had multiplied it. Well this just sounds mean!

When you think about it, God put us on this earth for a reason. He gave us very amazing gifts and talents in order for us to glorify Him. It is His will that, while we are on this earth, we work to honor and glorify His name. 

So, in the last post, I spoke about how we should always long for the next life, but that does not mean that we get to throw this one away. Certainly God doesn't want that. He wants us to live life to the max. We get to have fun, but we also get to put the gifts He has given us to work. Never forgetting who we are, where we are from and where we are going, we must use our talents and let people know Christ through us. Whether it is through being a homemaker, a businessman, a soldier, a youtuber, a blogger or whatever it is that you do, put your talents to good use. 

What God wills you to do, is very important. Don't look to the side and feel like what you are doing, compared to x or y, is not worth it. We are all needed. If you do not know what God's will is for your life, pray about it. Do not impose you will to God's. Remember what the scriptures say in Matthew 26:39: And going a little farther he fell on his face and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will.”

So what d we do with this life? We honor God with it, putting our gifts, bestowed on  us by Him, to work. We do not hide and waste our lives away. It would be a sin to do so. We would be bad stewards, unworthy of being given more responsibility.