Are You Able

Matthew 25:14-22
"For it is as if a man, going on a journey, summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them; to one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability. Then he went away. The one who had received the five talents went off at once and traded with them, and made five more talents. In the same way, the one who had the two talents made two more talents. But the one who had received the one talent went off and dug a hole in the ground and hid his master's money. After a long time the master of those slaves came and settled accounts with them. Then the one who had received the five talents came forward, bringing five more talents, saying, 'Master, you handed over to me five talents; see, I have made five more talents.' His master said to him, 'Well done, good and trustworthy slave; you have been trustworthy in a few things, I will put you in charge of many things; enter into the joy of your master.' And the one with the two talents also came forward..."

I’ve always been provoked to thought about this passage of Scripture. As I was reading it this morning, the phrase near the beginning “to each according to his ability” jumped out at me. I am so glad that God is a God of even handedness. I would hate to think that God is going to ask of me more than I am capable of doing. I sometimes wonder, though, what God knows about me that I don’t know about myself.

You see, every now and then, God asks me to do something that seems way beyond my ability. When that time comes, I am faced with a choice. I will either step out in faith and believe that if God is calling me, God will provide a way, or else I will simply say, “I can’t do it.” More often than not, I have stepped out in faith. There have been a few times, that I have not stepped out and later have come to regret my lack of faith.

What about you? Are their times when you felt that God’s request was beyond your “ability”?