DAD'S RAMBLINGS -- ABOUNDING

DAD'S RAMBLINGS -- ABOUNDING

"And the disciples came and said to Him, 'Why do You speak to them in parables?'  He answered and said to them, 'Because it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.  For whoever has, to him more will be given, and he will have abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.' "   (Matthew 13:10-12)

We can understand this principle in natural terms.  People who have seem to get more.  The poor seem not to be able to get out of their poverty.  The old saying says, "It takes money to make money."  When we use what we have wisely, then it seems that we have more in abundance.

Jesus used this principle in the parable of the talents.  In that parable, the master of the house gave money to each servant.  To one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, each according to his own ability.  When he called the servants to give an accounting of what they had done with what was given to them, the first had doubled his portion and the second had doubled his portion.  But the third servant had done nothing with his allotment.  To this servant, the master said, "Take the talent from him, and give it to him who has ten talents" (Matthew 25:14-30). There is an old saying, "Use it or lose it."

It is also true in the spiritual realm. We have been given great spiritual riches in Christ Jesus.  But if we don't use these blessings, they do us no good.  We are blessed with God's Word.  Do we study it to know God better?  We have been given a measure of faith.  Do we exercise it?  We have been given the Holy Spirit.  Do we trust Him?  The more we understand the mysteries of the kingdom, the more we are given to understand.   The person who has been given spiritual insights and uses those insights seems to abound in his spiritual walk, while the person who does not have spiritual insight flounders in his spiritual journey.  The point is that I need to use the abilities and blessings that God has given if I want to abound in God's abundance.

Love, Dad