The parable of the King’s Ten Servants in today’s reading is sometimes used to talk about money and using it to further the Kingdom. And while money could be one of the gifts God gives us, it is more about fully using any of God’s gifts. The parable is summed up in Luke 19:26, He replied, ‘I tell you that to everyone who has, more will be given, but as for the one who has nothing, even what he has will be taken away.’ If we want to see the Kingdom of God grow and we trust in Him, then we must be faithful to use the gifts He has given us.

When Jesus spoke about the difficulty of a rich man getting into heaven, He was talking about the difficulty of surrendering completely to God’s will. When we put our trust in our own accomplishments we will eventually fail, but not when we trust in the power of God. Mark 10:27, Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but not with God; all things are possible with God.” When we give up on our own abilities and trust God, we give into the possibility of experiencing more than we ever thought possible.

God asks very little of us and at the same time He asks a lot. Faith is simple and yet incredibly complex. In Luke 17:6 Jesus says, He replied, “If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it will obey you.” Through our faith we can accomplish great things through God’s power. We simply need to trust and obey Him and know He has the power even if we do not.