Entrusted, Using What You Got

Emmaus Road Church | Fort Collins, Colorado

Sermon Scripture: Matthew 25:14–30

The book of Matthew packs a handful of stories about the return of Christ into chapters 24 and 25 and they all have variations on the same theme. Are we watching, are we waiting, are we ready, are we faithful, are we living the lives of devotional and action that we proclaim we are living?

We often view the parable of the talents (silver) as one of multiplication or return-on-investment of God in our life, and while there is nothing wrong with applying it that way, today I want us to see this as a story about the third servant. This is primarily a story about the causes that may lead us to squandering that which we have been entrusted with, because we have been entrusted with a LOT!