I know, it was a long lesson, so how could he have more thoughts?

Take a look if you will at the rest of Matthew 25. Interesting thoughts, no? Jesus spends a lot of time telling interesting stories. What do you make of the first one? Ten virgins, five wise and five unwise – those who are prepared and those who are not. Which one do you feel you are? Which one do you feel the church is?

The next story deals with servants left with talents of gold and they are impressed enough by their master to invest and try to double the investment. The servant with five bags doubles it to ten, the servant with 2 bags makes his into four and the lazy servant doesn’t do anything with his talent. Each are given the honor of being given responsibility due to their track record. The one that does not increase his gold is banished… leading one to wonder which talent bearer he/she/I/you is/are. So what is it? Are you allowing God to see your talents be used for Him? 

This leads us to the parable of the sheep and goats. Which ones are banished and why? This makes me wonder what my life is meant to be. This leads me to wonder what our lives could be and what our full potential would look like. What if we had a group, a church that lived out these promises? What if? What would that look like? What would that do to our city?