“Here You Have What Is Yours”
Cause us, O God, to be willing to take risks and to be daring in our use of the gifts that you have given us rather than to hoard them and to play it safe.
Remind us, O God, that you do not want those gifts back unused and unrisked but rather want us to use them to spread the love and grace of your kingdom.
Amen.
“Then the one who had received the one talent also came forward, saying, ‘Master, I knew that you were a harsh man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter seed; so I was afraid, and I went and hid your talent in the ground. Here you have what is yours.’ But his master replied, ‘You wicked and lazy slave! You knew, did you, that I reap where I did not sow, and gather where I did not scatter? Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers, and on my return I would have received what was my own with interest. So take the talent from him, and give it to the one with the ten talents. For to all those who have, more will be given, and they will have an abundance; but from those who have nothing, even what they have will be taken away. As for this worthless slave, throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’” (Matthew 25:24-30)
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