God Loves A Fat Man

So many of us think that because we own a large portfolio of land, houses, stocks, and bonds, we’re more than we really are - but in reality we are only “managers.”

One hundred years from now, it won’t matter what kind of car I drove, or what kind of house I lived in, or what my clothes looked like or how much I had in the bank. All of my stuff will be in the hands of somebody else or in the landfill somewhere. “Naked a man comes from his mother’s womb, and naked he is when he dies!”

Jesus is really trying to encourage us to be good stewards of what we have been given!

So many of us in the church take a laid-back, lackadaisical approach to kingdom building because we don’t serve in a high-profile possession in the church. But I want you to notice here that the Master only gives His servants what He already knows they can handle.

The reason God hasn’t promoted some of us into the places in the church we think we ought to be is because He already knows “You can’t handle it!” You can hardly handle what you have now! You’re probably not doing so hot with what He’s already trusted you with and if He gave you any more (right now) you’d mess it up! You ought to thank God that you’re where you are and that He knows what you can handle!

I’m gonna leave you alone in a minute, but look at the text: In the parable three servants are given talents from their master to take care of while he is away. To one he gave five talents, to one he gave two talents and to another he gave one. All of these was given to the servants according to their ability. And after the master gave the servants these talents he went on a long journey.

Now... while the master was gone these men were suppose to use these talents to get an increase. First we have the servent with 5 talents.

He had the most of all the three and had a great deal of responsibility. He took what he was given and used it and produced an increase.

The next had only two talents, he had a considerable amount less than the others, but was still expected to use them and get an increase.

Finally we have the third man who only had one talent. This man, though given a little task, took and hid the talent. He buried it. And when the master returned, He saw that the other two had an increase in what he had trusted them with and made them “ruler over many things.”

. . . But He discovered that the one servant had been lazy and had nothing to show for his stewardship. Therefore, He then took what little he had trusted to this servant and gave it to the others and cast this servant into outer darkness.

Well . . . my brothers and sisters, I don’t know about you tonight, but when the Lord Jesus Christ comes back I don’t want to cast into darkness, but I want hear Him say "Well done, thou good and faithful servant, thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things:enter though into the joy of thy lord."

Not only that, but if people are busy using their talents, they won’t have any time to be getting into trouble. My grandmother used to say “Idle hands are Devil’s playground!”