But his lord answered and said to him, ‘You wicked and lazy servant, you knew that I reap where I have not sown, and gather where I have not scattered seed.’ Matthew 25.26
I was meditating on this verse and thinking: Why didn’t this servant multiply his talent? Why were the others able to, but he wasn’t? That’s when I realized what Jesus said: “Wicked servant”. No, he was not only negligent; he was also WICKED.
How could he save others if he was lost? Many have had a BAD character, have been BAD husbands, BAD wives, BAD children, BAD employees, BAD bosses, BAD students and have had BAD manners. And how can such people convince others that Jesus is good?
I believe that therein lies one of the great failures of many Christians, their BAD example has prevented people from wanting to seek God, even their own family members.
If we want to save, we have to show why it is worth it to follow Jesus; we have to show how good it is, we have to exhale the GOOD fragrance of Christ.
That's where our personal testimony comes in, because people around us know who we used to be before Christ and who we are after finding Him, and that’s what makes us multiply our talents.
We have to be a GOOD example to all, for our example speaks more than our words. Who does not like what is good? Everyone wants to have a GOOD husband, a GOOD father, GOOD employees, a GOOD wife, GOOD children. Everybody loves and wants what is GOOD.
The first two servants were called GOOD. They had a GOOD testimony both to outsiders and to Jesus Himself.
Therefore, the question remains: How does God and those around us see us, as GOOD or BAD servants?
