Final Accounting & Evaluation

Final Accounting & Evaluation

On the last Sunday of the year, 30^th December 2007, we had the privilege at CDC to have our own Pastor Micky give the closing message titled “Final Accounting & Evaluation”, based on Matthew 25:14-30, the Parable of the Talents.

The great Socrates once said “An unexamined life is not worth living”. At this point, Pastor Micky shared with us four reasons why we need to have evaluations:-

(i)                  To know how we have been doing

(ii)                To know where we need to improve

(iii)               To reward or punish

(iv)              To promote to higher position and responsibility

The parable of the talents is truly one of the Lord’s great parables, clear and poignant with meaning, and there is much that we can learn from it.

A talent in those days is probably equivalent to 20 years salary today, and the Master gave 10 talents, 5 talents and 1 talent to his 3 servants respectively.

Looking at the Master, we can draw a few important facts. Firstly, Jesus is our Master. Secondly, Jesus will return to judge us at the Second Coming, and finally, He will ask His servants to give an account of how they used what the Lord gave them.

Regarding the servants, we learn that we are all God’s servants, and all that we have belongs to God. We are each given different opportunities and responsibilities according to our abilities and we are entrusted to invest the resources God has given us for His kingdom.

There are 2 types of servants mentioned in the Parable. The first is the Faithful Servant, who is enthusiastic, obeys immediately, appreciates the trust of the Master and is productive. The second is the Unfaithful Servant. He has a wrong attitude towards his Master, he feared failure, and he did nothing to further His Master’s interest.

God is interested in how we grow as people. People who fear to do things tend to blame others. But it is not good enough to say “I didn’t harm anyone” for the Lord will say “What good did you do?” The wicked man is described in the Bible as one who lives life without reference to God and His ways while the righteous man is one who lives according to God’s ways.

Finally, the faithful servant was praised and rewarded while the unfaithful servant was rebuked and suffered terrible loss. There is no escape of final judgment.

How have we used the resources God has given us? Have we used the opportunities that come our way to bring God’s blessings to others? Let us choose to make the most of every opportunity to invest in people for eternity. 

God bless, Jason