READ: MATTHEW 25:41-30
God has a great vision
for us. He also has made provisions for the visions to be realized. You have
your part to play and God has His. This is why 1 Corinthians 3:9 says, “For
we are labourers together with God. You are God’s husbandry, you are God’s
building.” This great vision is broken into smaller segments for every
one of us. For instance, you may win Zamfara state (Northern Nigeria) for Jesus
while another fellow wins Anambra state (Eastern Nigeria). There may be
somebody to whom God will give the whole of Nigeria.
God is the Creator. He saved us and divided talents among His children. Before doing this, He knew the individual abilities of all His children. The one who had ability for five talents, He gave five. He gave two talents to the one who had ability to handle two. The one, who could only handle one, got one. After distributing the talents, God expects each recipient to trade with them and have one hundred percent gain. The one with two talents, who gains another two, has scored one hundred percent. The one with five talents who gains four more has scored eighty percent and will be rated to have under-performed in comparison with the one with two.
“But all these works that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as He will.” (1 Corinthians 12:11).
God is not a task master. He works with your ability. If He has assigned a task to you, it is because His grace can see you through. If God knows that your ability is for a village, He will not give you a town. If He knows that your ability is for a country, He will not limit you to a state. God will give you what you are able to handle. Are you among those who are saying, my present assignment is far below my ability? Stop complaining. Do your present assignment faithfully and the Lord will give you something more. The Holy Spirit is given to you to profit the Kingdom of God (1 Corinthians 12:7). What profit have you recorded since you claimed to have received the Holy Spirit baptism? How many souls have you won? How many people have you prayed and fasted with to have their problem solved? Where is the result of the word of God you have been hearing? Where is the profit in your character and life-style?
God is the Creator. He saved us and divided talents among His children. Before doing this, He knew the individual abilities of all His children. The one who had ability for five talents, He gave five. He gave two talents to the one who had ability to handle two. The one, who could only handle one, got one. After distributing the talents, God expects each recipient to trade with them and have one hundred percent gain. The one with two talents, who gains another two, has scored one hundred percent. The one with five talents who gains four more has scored eighty percent and will be rated to have under-performed in comparison with the one with two.
“But all these works that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as He will.” (1 Corinthians 12:11).
God is not a task master. He works with your ability. If He has assigned a task to you, it is because His grace can see you through. If God knows that your ability is for a village, He will not give you a town. If He knows that your ability is for a country, He will not limit you to a state. God will give you what you are able to handle. Are you among those who are saying, my present assignment is far below my ability? Stop complaining. Do your present assignment faithfully and the Lord will give you something more. The Holy Spirit is given to you to profit the Kingdom of God (1 Corinthians 12:7). What profit have you recorded since you claimed to have received the Holy Spirit baptism? How many souls have you won? How many people have you prayed and fasted with to have their problem solved? Where is the result of the word of God you have been hearing? Where is the profit in your character and life-style?
MEMORIZE: 1
CORINTHIANS 12:11 –But all these works that one and the selfsame Spirit,
dividing to every man severally as He will.
