4. Matthew 25
23 His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

It was very clear on reading this that those that see God as an abundant God – not trying to trick them, or see them fail – go out and use their talents to bless others and are rewarded for it. And, just as the first two here were told, they will “enter thou into the joy of thy lord.”

The ones who see God as unreasonable and oppressive – as a force to fear – blessed no one with their talent, and gained the consequence of that low thought. Certainly, this is not God’s doing, but mortal mind bringing it out.

As one who went quite a while with a wrong idea of God, and held my talents to myself, I am glad that God is merciful and guided me back to Him, patiently waiting until I realized how important right thinking and its rewards are (and how unwanted wrong thinking is!).

I am grateful that if we find ourselves on the wrong side of this, we don’t need to stay there! I am also grateful that Christ Jesus, Mary Baker Eddy, and those at this church did not bury their talents! Thank you!