Parable of the Talents - Sports Edition

parable of the talents. 

If you could only drink one drink the rest of your life what would it be? 

What are you doing with what God gave you?

Let’s have a conversation about how talent defines you.

First thoughts? 

Does god give you a certain ability? 

Can you make it better? Or are you limited? 

Are you supposed to do something just because you are good at it? 

How do you know what to do with what your good at? 

How hard should you work to make your talent better? 

Do you have to? 

📖 Matthew 25:14–30 — 

The Parable of the Bags of Gold (Talents)

14 “Again, it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted his wealth to them.

15 To one he gave five bags of gold, to another two bags, and to another one bag, each according to his ability. Then he went on his journey.

16 The man who had received five bags of gold went at once and put his money to work and gained five bags more.

17 So also, the one with two bags of gold gained two more.

18 But the man who had received one bag went off, dug a hole in the ground and hid his master’s money.

19 “After a long time the master of those servants returned and settled accounts with them.

20 The man who had received five bags of gold brought the other five. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘you entrusted me with five bags of gold. See, I have gained five more.’

21 “His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!’

22 “The man with two bags of gold also came. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘you entrusted me with two bags of gold; see, I have gained two more.’

23 “His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!’

24 “Then the man who had received one bag of gold 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.

25 So I was afraid and went out and hid your gold in the ground. See, here is what belongs to you.’

26 “His master replied, ‘You wicked, lazy servant! So you knew that I harvest where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed?

27 Well then, you should have put my money on deposit with the bankers, so that when I returned I would have received it back with interest.

28 “‘So take the bag of gold from him and give it to the one who has ten bags.

29 For whoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them.

30 And throw that worthless servant outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

So what is a talent worth? One talent is worth about a million dollars. 6000 days wages or 20 years of pay. 

What do you think they did to double their money? What would they be able to do now with it? 

What would you do with this amount of money? first guy 5x that. second 2x that and third guy that amount. 

Long term investment 

Or 

Short term gain 

Some of you athletes have been given way more than others. God has blessed you with something he didn’t give someone else. And definately not everyone 

You are elite. 1% get to d1 and only 7% get to play sports in college. 

Some of you are working really hard and are discouraged.

Anyone here get discouraged with where you are? 

Can you explain why? 

Don’t be. God gave it to you. 

Key is to give it all you’ve got to expand on what god gave you. 

Are you truly committed to giving it all? 

God expects his servants to invest his resources into his priorities faithfully. 

Love God and Love people.

How did the master treat the one that buried his talent? 

He took it from him and gave it to the guy who did a good job. 

What would he do this? 

What would you do? 

Think about yourself? Are you truly using what God gave it to have a relationship to God and use what he gave you?

God loves you regardless. 

You can start now thinking about God in your life. Maybe this didn’t make sense to you. But God has given you what you have in terms of ability. 

Work hard every day to make it more so you can be used fully. 

If you aren’t - Start. 

If you are - Keep going! 

Pray.