GIVING BACK TO GOD

GIVING BACK TO GOD


I USED to be
A FINANCIAL PLANNER and work
In the stock market


My job was to BRING PEOPLE
The highest possible RETURN ON INVESTMENT (ROI)
For their money


In MANY WAYS=my job is
The SAME TODAY=to HELP PEOPLE
Bring the=their highest ROI
For God=to help people USE their TALENTS=
NOT waste them


“'........so out of fear
I went out and BURIED your talent
In the ground
HERE it is back'


His MASTER said to him=in reply=
'You wicked-lazy servant!........


Should you not then
have put my money in the bank
So that I


COULD have got it back
With interest-on my RETURN?'” Matthew 25:25-27


So this LIFE is about LEARNING
To GIVE BACK to God
And OTHERS=using our talents
To make this world
A BETTER PLACE


GIVING BACK TO GOD=
AND OTHERS


“The PRECEPTS of the Lord
Are right


GIVING JOY-to the heart
The commands of the Lord
Are radiant


GIVING LIGHT to the eyes” Psalm 19:8


“A person finds joy
In GIVING
An apt reply-----


And how good
Is a TIMELY WORD” Proverbs 15:23


“........so that your GIVING
May be in SECRET


Then your Father
Who sees what
Is done in secret
Will REWARD YOU” Matthew 6:4


Of course=we don't give to
Get back=but our LORD=
ALWAYS gives us back=MORE
Than what we can ever give


LET us take a CLOSER look
At today's parable


A wealthy man goes on a trip-
TWO of the servants=
DOUBLE their investment


The third one BURIES IT=and doesn't
Even get interest=for his MASTER


THIS is a parable
About laziness=about NOT USING
Your life=to GIVE BACK TO GOD
And to OTHERS


This is a PARABLES about
USING our lives for the BENEFIT
Of this world=about
GIVING something back=a ROI
(RETURN ON INVESTMENT) to God


“If you RETURN
To the ALMIGHTY
You will be RESTORED


If you remove wickedness
FAR from your tent” Job 22:23


“What shall
I RETURN to the Lord
For all his GOODNESS
To me?” Psalm 116:12


Dear Lord=THANK YOU
For ALL the gifts
You have given us


We look to RETURN to you
To GIVE BACK TO GOD
The GIFT of our lives=
Through our talents


HELP us to do just that=and be
NOT AFRAID and bury our talents


In the NAME of Jesus OUR LORD=
And his MOST HEAVENLY FATHER


Robert P. Wallman
9-1-17




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Claire J. King