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Daily Meditation: Matthew 25:14-30
Well done, my good and faithful servant. (Matthew 25:21, 23)
The parable in today’s Gospel is one in a series that Jesus told his followers about his Second Coming, this time about a wealthy man going on a long journey. And what does he expect his servants to do while he’s gone? To invest the wealth he has entrusted them with.
Two of the servants do just that; “immediately” they double their master’s money and hear his words of praise: “Well done” (Matthew 25:15, 21, 23). Not so with the third servant; he simply buries his talent in the ground “out of fear” of losing it and disappointing his master (25:25).
We, too, are waiting for our Master’s return. We don’t know when that will happen or when the Lord will call us home. But as we wait, he has entrusted us with something infinitely more precious than worldly wealth: the good news of salvation. What kind of return are we making on this priceless gift?
As you reflect on that question, you can learn something from the actions of the three servants. Notice the initiative that the first two servants take: they get right to work investing the money entrusted to them. The third servant is passive; he just hides his share and then presumably goes about his affairs.
While it’s tempting to keep our faith to ourselves—to “hide” it in a sense—Jesus gave us this “talent” so that we could share it with others. And the return that Jesus wants from us is that as many people as possible come to know him.
So let’s get to work like those first two servants! Perhaps we can tell a friend we are praying for them. We can reach out to someone who is lonely. We can share our own faith journey with a coworker or get involved in parish ministry.
This week, think about one way you can “invest” the gift of your faith. Then, like a “good and faithful servant” (Matthew 15:21, 23), do it!
“Jesus, help me to share the precious gift you have entrusted to me!”
