Day 7 - The Parable of the Talents (part 2. show and tell)

A few posts ago I talked briefly about Jesus' parable of the talents. During the past week, I kept referencing back to the parable, focusing on what the text was trying to express. One specific topic we covered in class kept running across my mind: glory. As I mentioned in the previous post, the last servant does his duty of "preserving" his master's one talent. But unlike the two other servants, who went out to the world and doubled the master's talents, the last servant went the "safe way" of going about. But despite our expectations, he is greatly frowned upon by his master, who is disappointed to see his servant's lack of productivity.

So the point of the parable is? Be more productive? Apparently not.

When considering the fact that we are all God's images, I'm sure there is more to the parable. I've stated this many times before, but we all have bits of God's glory hidden in each and every one of us. Like the Creation being a reflection of God's glory, we too have some of God's glory reflected upon us. To go out and spread the glory of God like a wildfire makes God's glory shine evermore. As God's sons and daughters, he rejoices over the celebration of his glory on earth through us. Though we may be like the last servant in the parable, we can still go out during our lifetimes and spread our talents into the vast world.