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“To every man is given “his work” (Mark 13:34), the work for which his capabilities adapt him, the work which will result in greatest good to himself and to his fellow men, and in greatest honor to God.” = Education, Page 138.1, Ellen G. White.

God has given us work that fits our abilities. He has not given us work that we cannot do. However, many times we do not know what our capabilities are. Sometimes, if we know them, we do not see how much they can stretch, so we constantly live in mediocrity.

Matthew 25:14-15 (KJV) – “¹⁴ For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods. ¹⁵ And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey.”

The master gave the three servants his goods because he was traveling to a far country. He did not give them the same amount of goods. Instead, he gave them according to their various abilities. God has not gifted everyone the same way. He has not blessed everyone with the same amount of blessings. Different people have been blessed differently. Some have more blessings than others. Because of that, some have accused God of being unfair.

God is not unjust. He does that out of love. If God gave them a lot of money, certain people would use it to destroy themselves and others through frivolous living. There are others; if God gave them something better than others, they would be too proud and self-exalting. We live in a world of sin whereby nobody is born perfect, and all are born with a sinful nature. Therefore, we come out with different evil propensities from our mother’s wombs. Some are naturally jealous, while some are hot-tempered. Some are intrinsically arrogant, while some are inherently selfish.

Everyone is born with a sinful nature. However, God has not wholly abandoned us since our parents, Adam and Eve, sinned. As much as His image is blurred in all of us, He has still installed good gifts in each of us. Every man, whether a believer or an unbeliever, has some Godly aspect. That is why you can never meet someone who is one hundred percent good, and you cannot meet someone who is one hundred percent evil.

The work of the cross is meant to redeem us from our various evil propensities because Christ came to seek and save what was lost (Luke 19:10). One thing that was lost is the full image and glory of God in us. Christ came to restore that as well. Our work is to believe and to surrender fully to Him so that we can allow Him to work in us.

We realize that God is always with us. He is always knocking at the door of our hearts (Revelation 3:20). Like the three servants, even though we are born with a sinful nature, He has given us gifts that our abilities can handle. Gifts that are supposed to result in profits and not losses. The first servant was given five talents by his master, the second two, while the third was given one.

The first multiplied his five talents to ten, the second multiplied his two talents to four, while the last one went and buried his one talent because he was afraid that he would lose it. The first two servants brought profits to the master, while the third servant brought excuses to the master. If the master had given the third servant five talents, the third servant would not multiply them, and he would have still brought an excuse. Therefore, if the master had given the third servant more talents than the others, he would have done injustice to himself, the servant, and the general public.

Knowing their various abilities, he gave each of them what they could handle. When the third servant brought that excuse, the master gave him the most straightforward solution, which he would have used that would have resulted in profits. He told him in Matthew 25:27 (KJV) – “Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.” In other words, what the master was telling the servant was that he had no reason not to succeed.

God is telling us the same thing today. He is telling us that we have no reason not to succeed in the purpose He has called us to pursue. He says we have no reason not to increase what He has given us. If you are given a singing talent and cannot access international platforms to perform a song, you can join the church choir or the praise and worship team, which will offer you a free platform to perform. You can ask to be granted a special item slot during church service. Many YouTube content creators have said they started their YouTube channels because they failed in all acting auditions. Their YouTube channels have generated more money than they would have had from acting on television.

Robert Kiyosaki, in his book, Why A students work for C Students and B students work for the Government, says that he was rejected by all publishers when he went to publish his best-selling book, Rich Dad Poor Dad. He decided to self-publish the book, and the book has sold over 30,000,000 copies to date. He earned more money because he self-published than he would have made if the publishing companies had accepted him since he significantly reduced the cost of publishing.

Before starting a Christian blog, I had submitted my work to various Christian magazines and was rejected by all of them. However, I decided to start my blog, and the influence has reached almost one hundred and fifty countries worldwide without spending a single cent on it. I wanted mentorship, but I could not afford mentors since most of them are very expensive. My brother Martin recommended me to a platform where you can find top-notch mentors for free called MicroMentor. Along the journey, I also discovered another similar platform where you can access mentors for free called Score.

With the time you have used while tarmacking to look for a job, why don’t you start your own business? The solutions we want in life are not as complex as we think. They are not far; they are right within our reach. If the third servant had taken his one talent to the exchangers, the money would have gained interest, and the master would be pleased. The same energy he used in digging and burying the talent in the ground was less than the energy he would have used in taking the money to the exchangers. An important lesson here is that we often fail not because we lack the ability to succeed but because we want to fail.

Deuteronomy 30:19 (KJV) – “I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live.”

Life, death, blessings, and curses have been placed right before our eyes. This means that if we choose curses, it is our fault, and we should not blame anyone.

Exodus 4:10-11 (KJV) – “¹⁰ And Moses said unto the Lord, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since Thou hast spoken unto Thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue. ¹¹ And the Lord said unto him, Who hath made man’s mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the Lord?”

Moses only knew of his inability to speak. God gave him a great task to deliver the Israelites from the land of Egypt, but first, he had to talk to Pharaoh. When God calls you to do something, He gives provision for its success. God asked Moses, “Who has made man’s mouth?” In other words, He was asking him, “Who has made eloquent and non-eloquent speakers?” What God was saying was that in Him rests the power to do all things, including making someone’s inability to be his most outstanding ability.

Not all great speakers were born as great speakers, and not all musicians came from musical families or were born with musical talent. Some people who seemed highly talented in their scope of work were once amateurs. Dr. Ben Carson talks of how he used to fail in class and would emerge as the last one in most exams. It didn’t take long before God intervened in his life and made him start rising and being at the top of his class. Now, he is one of the world’s greatest Neurosurgeons with many accomplishments, awards, and honors, including almost seventy honorary doctorate degrees.

John 2:5 (KJV) – “His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever He saith unto you, do it.”

Whatever God tells you to do, do it immediately without second thoughts. God may call you to sing in the choir, but you tell him you don’t have a singing voice. He is asking you, “Who made man’s voice?” God might call you to preach to people, but you complain and tell him you have stage fright and lack the confidence to stand in front of people. He is asking you, “Who created confidence?” God may be calling you to go on a mission in a faraway country, but you are complaining that you do not have enough money. He is asking you, ‘Who is the owner of all resources?’

Jeremiah 1:5-8 (KJV) – “⁵ Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations. ⁶ Then said I, Ah, Lord God! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child. ⁷ But the Lord said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak. ⁸ Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the Lord.”

Before God formed Jeremiah in his mother’s womb, He gave him a purpose. His purpose was to be a prophet to the nations. His purpose was not just primarily meant for his time, but it was meant for thousands of generations. That is why we are reading his books today, Jeremiah and Lamentations. The Bible has been translated into many languages, including the rarest and most indigenous. That shows God fulfilled His promise of making Jeremiah a prophet unto the nations.

God spoke to Jeremiah and told him the great purpose He had ordained him to pursue. Jeremiah heard that great work and was, for a moment, frightened. He wondered how God could give him such great responsibility when he was a mere child. He thought of the people he was going to speak to. Some were older than him, others were more educated than him, and others were financially more affluent than him. In his mind, he thought that it was impossible to talk to such people, leave alone influence them.

Many people have good ideas that can progress the church or an organization but fail to speak them out because of harboring low self-esteem and being timid. They ask themselves how the top leadership can accept their suggestion while in the most subordinate positions. Therefore, they rob themselves and others of an opportunity to live in a better environment/world.

God told Jeremiah not to say that he was a child. By telling him this, He was telling him not to look at his weakness but to look at the source of all strength. Jeremiah might have been a child, but God is not a child. Unity with God will make the Word of God abide in him and make him a powerful force beyond measure. A force that none can reckon with or meddle. Romans 8:31 (KJV) – “If God be for us, who can be against us?”

“We should not talk of our own weakness and inability. This is a manifest distrust of God, a denial of His Word. When we murmur because of our burdens, or refuse the responsibilities He calls upon us to bear, we are virtually saying that He is a hard master, that He requires what He has not given us power to do.” — Messages to Young People, page 309.4, Ellen G. White.

God has given us the power to do everything He has called us to do. It doesn’t matter what weaknesses we have, what race or ethnic group we originate from, or what neighborhood or education level. Our family background does not matter. God can turn what we can’t do into what we can do. He is not just God. He is the all-powerful God. In His hand is power and might that no one can withstand Him (2 Chronicles 20:6).

2 Kings 22:1 (KJV) – “Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign.”

“With the accession of Josiah to the throne, where he was to rule for thirty-one years, those who had maintained the purity of their faith began to hope that the downward course of the kingdom was checked; for the new king, though only eight years old, feared God, and from the very beginning “he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord and walked in all the way of David his father and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.” 2 Kings 22:2. Born of a wicked king, beset with temptations to follow in his father’s steps, and with few counselors to encourage him in the right way, Josiah nevertheless was true to the God of Israel. Warned by the errors of past generations, he chose to do right instead of descending to the low level of sin and degradation to which his father and grandfather had fallen. He “turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.” As one who was to occupy a position of trust, he resolved to obey the instruction that had been given for the guidance of Israel’s rulers, and his obedience made it possible for God to use him as a vessel unto honor.” – Prophets and Kings, Page 384.1, Ellen G. White.

In a rare but possible scenario, King Josiah rose to the throne at the age of eight years. In most countries, an eight-year-old child is usually in grade two. Try to picture a grade two child governing the affairs of a nation. Daniel 4:17 says that the most high rules in the kingdom of men. 2 Chronicles 20:6 says that God rules over all the kingdom of the heathen. Therefore, it was not a mistake that Josiah was a king at that young age. It is God who allowed him to rule at that young age.

God gave the kingdom of Judah, King Jehoakim, and the vessels of His temple (Daniel 1:1-2) to King Nebuchadnezzar because he trusted the pagan king Nebuchadnezzar to be a better custodian than King Jehoakim. God allowed King Amon to die and gave his eight-year-old child Josiah the throne to rule because He trusted that eight-year-old to be a better custodian than his father and grandfather. King Josiah proved to be a better custodian because he walked in the ways of God and made tremendous reforms when he discovered the Book of the Law. God did not consider his age. Instead, he considered the ability He had given him.

God has given us the ability to obey all His Ten Commandments, including the Sabbath. King Josiah came from a family of idolatry but made a solemn decision to walk in God’s ways. If you are born into a family that is not Christian and have been convicted that Christianity is the right way, you should act fast and get converted. If you have been convicted that Saturday (the seventh day) is the Sabbath, you should act fast and keep it holy. Refrain from letting the tradition or cultural practices you are used to and have been following for years hinder you from accessing the Tree of life. Similarly, you should not let your weakness hinder you from attaining success in this world or inheriting eternal life. Zacchaeus was short, but his height did not hinder him from seeing Jesus. Instead, he climbed one of the area’s tallest trees, the Sycamore tree.

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate, Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous?”- A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles, Marianne Williamson.

By ourselves, we are weak and are limited in our abilities, but with God, we are powerful beyond measure.

GOD BLESS YOU!

Prayer

Dear God, thank You for the abilities that You have given me and for making me powerful beyond measure. Forgive me for speaking about my weaknesses and inabilities and allowing them to stop me from doing what You have called me to do. Guide me on how to use my abilities and turn my weaknesses to strength. In Jesus name, Amen.

Activity

Reflect and Write

Take a notebook or journal (digital or physical) and answer these reflection prompts honestly:

• What do I naturally enjoy doing that helps others?
• What do people often come to me for help with?
• What have I done in the past that brought good results or made someone thank God?
• What spiritual burdens or causes stir my heart deeply?
• Which biblical characters or stories resonate most with me and why?
• What’s one thing I’ve been avoiding out of fear or self-doubt, even though I feel God nudging me toward it?

Take a Simple Action

From what you’ve discovered:

• Choose one gift, interest, or opportunity God may be highlighting.
• Write down one small action you can take this week to use or grow that gift.

Examples:

• If you love writing → Draft a 200-word devotion or blog post.
• If you love encouraging others → Call someone going through a hard time.
• If you enjoy organization → Volunteer to help at church with a project.
• If you feel called to speak but fear stage fright → Record a short voice memo devotional for a friend.

Even if your first step feels small, it matters — remember, the servant who multiplied two talents was just as faithful as the one who multiplied five.

Make It a Habit: “Weekly Check-In”

Each week, ask:

• What gift did I use this week?
• Did I bury any gift out of fear or procrastination?
• What can I do better next week to honor God with my work?

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