entrusted

Have you ever been trusted with something valuable? The fear of losing it or damaging it is huge, isn’t it? And it’s much bigger than if it were your own thing. That’s because there’s also a weight of trust that’s given to us - and trust is hard to get back if you lose it.

In Matthew 25, Jesus tells a story about a man who entrusts his gold to his three servants before going on a long journey. Two of the servants invest the gold really wisely and double their money by the time the master gets back. The third does nothing, other than hide his portion in a hole in the ground. The master is furious.

Everything God trusts us with He expects to grow. After all, gold is pointless in the ground! Ministry, relationship, children, our lives, our work, our families, our planet - we should always aim to leave those things better than when we started.

The good news is that you can do it. Whatever’s in your hand today, whatever you’ve been entrusted with, you can grow it bigger and better, ready for the next generation of entrusted ones! There’s still time.

Trust is all about relationship. The lazy servant didn’t really know the master at all. But you can! And the more you get to know Him the more He entrusts you, and the more opportunity you have of changing the world for the better.