For His Glory

“I was afraid I would lose your money, so I hid it in the earth. Look, here is your money back.” Matt.25:25 [emphasis added]

The fourth enemy of exploitation is Fear. Please read Matthew 25:14-20. The servant said, “I was afraid…” Fear is a major challenge for a lot of us. A lot of people would have gone very far in life but for fear. They are afraid to take a step or to exploit a situation. God will break the back of that fear in Jesus Name. But if you further examine what this same servant said, this servant that did not take full advantage and was not productive, he said, “Master, I knew you were a harsh man, harvesting crops you didn’t plant and gathering crops you didn’t cultivate”. In other words, he was saying his master is an exploitative person. The master said, “you know I operate the Principle of Exploitation, at least you should have put my money in the bank.”

God is saying to you and I – I expect you to be exploitative. I expect you to get maximum results from everything I have given you. I expect results! Immediately I learned that not exploiting your gifts, your talents, your resources, and your relationships to the glory of God can take you to hell. I know it is harsh but these words did not originate from me. It is in the Bible; Jesus said it. God is not interested in you returning to Him just what He gave you. God wants results. God wants it multiplied.

Note that the servant was not even apologizing to the master for losing the money. That would be a different thing. But he did nothing with the talents given to him. If you show up before God and say all I did is protect my gifts and my talents; I can give it back to you, Lord. God says I am not interested. I want results. Many destinies have been crippled by fear. I pray that yours will not be one of them, in Jesus Name.

God wants you to get rid of fear. Sometimes we think we cannot live without fear or that it is normal to live with fear. No, it is not normal. God has only one solution to fear [1 John 4:18], cast it out, banish fear totally. If you can deal with fear, you are almost unstoppable. Fear is one of the major things that keep people grounded. So people do not do the things they ought to do because of fear.

Prayer:  I decree in the Name of Jesus that I will not be grounded by fear. I totally banish fear from my life, in Jesus Name.