The Hidden Talent

Mathew 25:14-30:  ²⁵ And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth…

There are as many reasons for hidden talents as there are people who’ve hidden them.  But, as with the story in the Bible, they all point back to ‘I was afraid’.

I have contemplated this passage many times over the years but would always shy away from bringing it out into the full light of the Holy Spirit.  I was sure I had hidden that one talent and like the man in the story, God was not pleased with me.  Sounds like fear to me.

One of the ways I have been dealing with the fear is by listening to good solid teaching on it. Keith Moore’s series, Free From All Fears, is excellent.  I learn a little more every time I listen to it.  This time, the Holy Spirit touched on the buried talent.  This time, I did not shy away when the He brought it up again.  Surprisingly, it did not play out like I thought it would.

For those who don’t know me, I can sing; get on the stage and belt it out sing.  I play the piano and strum guitar.  I write books (Vendetta & Ghostman) & songs (Get to Living).  I love to teach.  I have so many ideas rolling around in my head, it would make a whirligig dizzy.  So much so, that I have been taken to task over and over and over (ad infinitum) again for not doing something with them.  Hence the sense of the hidden talent.

I have stated before that I don’t care to be famous.  I want the famous people to know who I am.  I have a nephew, Cody Wayne, who is well on his way to being famous, kudos to him.  Still, that’s not my world.

This time when I faced it, the Holy Spirit told me what my talent was.  I do use the single word talent.  Yes, I can do all these other things and for my talent to be in use, I need to be able to.  That’s the kicker.  God has given me these abilities so I can use that talent and to my surprise, I have been.  I just never realized it because I did not recognize the talent. 

Verse 15 in the Amplified says that he gave ‘to each in proportion to his own personal ability’.  God is well aware of the talents He has given us and He has also given us the ability to use those talents; to gain more.  I know, it’s another one of those ‘duh’ statements.  Still, how many of us really believe in the given ability?

This revelation rocked my world.  Happy dance.