[Preacher] Pastor Jung Myung Seok
[Scriptures] Matthew 25:14-33
“Again, it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted his wealth to them. To one he gave five bags of gold, to another two bags, and to another one bag, each according to his ability. Then he went on his journey. The man who had received five bags of gold went at once and put his money to work and gained five bags more. So also, the one with two bags of gold gained two more. But the man who had received one bag went off, dug a hole in the ground and hid his master’s money.
After a long time, the master of those servants returned and settled accounts with them. The man who had received five bags of gold brought the other five. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘you entrusted me with five bags of gold. See, I have gained five more.’
His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!’
The man with two bags of gold also came. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘you entrusted me with two bags of gold; see, I have gained two more.’
His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!’
Then the man who had received one bag of gold came. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘I knew that you are a hard man, harvesting where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed. So I was afraid and went out and hid your gold in the ground. See, here is what belongs to you.’
His master replied, ‘You wicked, lazy servant! So you knew that I harvest where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed? Well then, you should have put my money on deposit with the bankers, so that when I returned I would have received it back with interest.
So take the bag of gold from him and give it to the one who has ten bags. For whoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them. And throw that worthless servant outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left."
On the earth, there are prime locations that are golden treasures by virtue of the location.
The same is true for time.
With time too – there are golden moments that come according to time.
People who take ownership of that time and use it are like people who take possession of the prime location that is a golden treasure. Therefore, they prosper.
The golden time is a prime location that is a golden treasure and the missions that have been given according to your individual characteristics are also the prime location that is a golden treasure.
A person has to live in a great location in order to prosper and win.
You must not live in your own way or according to your bad constitution.
Instead, you must make yourself perfect and change.
Instead of trying to go to a different position or do a different mission,
keep your individual position and make yourself bigger and better from there.
A grape will never become a pear, an apple, a banana, or a strawberry.
It is to make the grape bigger and more beautiful as a grape.
In this way, it is for each of you to develop yourself while keeping your individual position.
People who value their work and take action on their work and mission are people who have taken possession of a great location that is a golden treasure. So they will live with joy and gratitude. I hope that you will diligently walk on the path of life at the level of a righteous person.
