What has God put in your hands, and what are you doing with it? In the final week of our God First series, we open the parable of the talents in Matthew 25 to see what it looks like to put God first in our mission and purpose.
The world measures success by how high you climb, but Jesus said He came not to be served but to serve. Through three reflective questions, we ask whose property we are really protecting, what fear we are burying in the dirt, and what return we will bring the King. Along the way we name what keeps us from investing our lives in God’s mission: a distorted view of God, a fear of failure, and comparison.
Scripture in this message:
2:43 Mark 10:45
6:19 Matthew 25:14
7:14 Matthew 25:15
12:31 Matthew 25:16-17
12:48 Luke 19:13
15:09 Matthew 25:18
17:18 Matthew 25:24-25
20:48 Matthew 25:26
25:26 Matthew 25:19-23
27:33 Matthew 25:28-30
28:07 Matthew 10:39
Chapters
0:00 Putting God First in Our Purpose
2:13 What Jesus Calls Greatness
4:42 Whose Property Am I Protecting?
12:18 What Fear Am I Burying in the Dirt?
17:06 A Distorted View of God
19:38 Fear of Failure and Playing It Safe
22:21 The Comparison Trap
24:43 What Return Will I Bring the King?
28:05 Cling to Your Life and Lose It
29:57 Next Steps: Three Commitments
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