Tell Me a Story: Devotions From Time of Grace MinistryCampione

STORY #4: That’s my story and I’m sticking to it “Then the man who had received the one talent came. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘I knew that you are a hard man, harvesting where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed. So I was afraid and went out and hid your talent in the ground. See, here is what belongs to you’” (Matthew 25:24,25). The “one talent” manager shows why the master had trusted him the least—he has the bad judgment to embarrass the master and call him a shady dealer publicly! But his first action was worse--he buried the money instead of doing the minimum, i.e., at least just walking it to the bank. Why would he hide the money? Well, to steal it, of course. If he buried it, there would be no paper trail. Nobody would know he had it. If the master never returned, in time he could pretend that it was his. How easy it is for us to play mind games like Mr. One Talent. How easy it is to look at God’s stuff and say “mine.” How easy it is to forget that we were created for his service and his agenda. How good it is for you and me to have this conversation before God returns and it is too late.