Two Talent Living
Sallie writes on the parable of the talents (Matthew 25:14-30):
[T]here are a lot of people running around trying to be faithful with five talents when God is really only interested in them being faithful with two. So rather than giving 100% to the two talents God has entrusted to them, they are giving far less than 100% (as well as the other three things God really doesn’t want them to be doing in the first place).
We live in a culture that doesn’t think five talents are nearly enough and two are a laughable joke. We are pressured to maximize everything. Stretch ourselves to the limit. Give 150%. Well, no one can give 150% and I don’t believe this is a biblical attitude.
Via Laurie Elliot, who comments that it “should be required reading for every missionary – no, EVERY Christian!” Worth thinking about.
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