Three parables/teachings and three very important principles to apply to your life: 1) be ready 2) use what He has given well 3) take what He teaches and live it out.

1) Be ready!

This parable seems mean to me – or at least it does at first. Why not be gracious and generous with the ones who forgot?!?! Yet remember, it’s a parable and didn’t really happen! So the point is to be ready! If you believe, act like it, and be ready for Him to be back.

2) Use what He has given well!

These two parables together are interesting, be ready and one could assume that one part of being ready means to use your talents well for Him! He is good and just and we should be ready to share this story over and over and over! Be ready and use what He have well!

3) Live out what we learn from Him!

Jesus shares that one piece of the talents equation is that we would share and love the least of these! Showing love to those that can’t thank us back is at least one element of truly being generous with what He has given!