Stop Burying What God Gave You

There are some things you are waiting on God to do. But there are other things God may be waiting on you to do.

You've prayed about the book. You've talked about starting the business. You've carried the idea for years. You can see the brand in your mind. You have notes for the stage play. You've already created characters for the murder mystery. You've talked about the invention so many times that the people closest to you can practically describe it themselves.

And yet, you still haven't moved.

You call it waiting for the right time. You call it getting yourself together. You call it needing more money. You call it needing another confirmation.

But I want to ask you a question that may make you uncomfortable:

What if the thing you're calling "waiting" is actually burying?

Jesus Told a Story About Somebody Who Buried Something Valuable

In Matthew 25:14 to 30, Jesus tells what we commonly call The Parable of the Talents.

A master was preparing to leave on a journey and entrusted his possessions to three servants. One received five talents. Another received two. Another received one. Matthew 25:15 tells us that each received according to his own ability.

The servants were not given identical amounts. They were given different measures of responsibility. The servant with five put what he had been entrusted with to work and gained five more. The servant with two did the same and gained two more.

But the servant who received one did something completely different. He dug a hole and buried it.

What was entrusted to him wasn't lost because someone stole it. It wasn't destroyed. It wasn't accidentally misplaced. He intentionally buried what had been placed in his hands.

When the master returned, the servant explained why: fear. Matthew 25:25 shows him saying that he was afraid, so he hid what had been entrusted to him.

That should make every visionary stop and think. Fear doesn't always make you run.

Sometimes fear makes you bury.

What Have You Buried?

Maybe your talent isn't money. Maybe it's the story you haven't written. Maybe it's the business you haven't launched. Maybe it's the stage play you keep seeing in your imagination. Maybe it's the murder mystery you've been developing privately.

Maybe it's the ministry assignment you keep postponing. Maybe it's the invention you've been afraid to pursue. Maybe it's the brand you've been talking about for three years. Maybe it's knowledge you've spent decades acquiring that could become a course, book, coaching program, curriculum, workbook, conference, product, or service.

You keep saying: One day. When I have more money. When things slow down. When I learn more. When I feel ready. When I'm not scared anymore.

But how long does something have to remain underground before we stop calling it preparation?

Some of us aren't waiting. We're burying.

Fear Will Give You a Reason to Do Nothing

This is what gets me about the servant in Matthew 25. He had an explanation. He could articulate why he didn't move. He had reasoning behind his inactivity.

But his explanation didn't change the fact that nothing had been produced with what was entrusted to him. We can become very good at explaining why we haven't started. I don't have enough. I don't know the right people. I'm too old. I'm too young. I don't know how to write. I've never owned a business. Someone else is already doing it. What if nobody supports me? What if it fails?

The master didn't expect the one talent servant to produce what the five talent servant produced. He expected him to do something with what he had. You don't have to build what somebody else built. You don't have to have somebody else's resources. You don't have to have somebody else's platform. You don't have to move at somebody else's speed.

But you do have to stop burying YOUR portion because you're comparing it to theirs.

God Can Work With What You Use

The servants who moved increased what had been entrusted to them. They didn't stand around staring at what they had. They worked it.

There is a difference between possessing something and stewarding something. You can possess an idea and never develop it. You can possess knowledge and never teach it. You can possess a testimony and never write it. You can possess creativity and never create. You can possess a business concept and never launch it. You can possess a manuscript and never publish it.

Potential is powerful, but potential buried produces nothing.

Sometimes we are praying, God, give me more. When perhaps we should first ask, What have I done with what You already gave me?

Your Book May Be More Than a Book

This is especially important for the person who keeps saying, It's just a book.

No. You don't know what that book could become.

The book could become the curriculum. The curriculum could become the workshop. The workshop could become the conference. The conference could create speaking opportunities. The speaking opportunities could create partnerships. The partnerships could expand the business. The business could create income. The income could create inheritance.

And the message could continue impacting people long after you're gone.

The same applies to your stage play, screenplay, murder mystery, invention, business, ministry resource, brand, and intellectual property.

You don't always know the size of what you're burying while it's still in seed form.

Stop Despising the One Talent

Sometimes we don't move because what we have doesn't look impressive enough to us. You see someone else's five and start disrespecting your one.

Their business is bigger. Their platform is larger. Their book is selling more. Their brand looks further along. Their ministry has more people. Their resources seem greater.

Comparison convinces you that what God placed in your hands isn't enough to begin.

But the master gave him the one. The problem wasn't that he had one. The problem was what he did with the one.

Stop waiting for five before you'll steward one. Start with the idea. Start with the notebook. Start with the first chapter. Start with the business plan. Start with the consultation. Start with the prototype. Start with the outline. Start with the first customer.

START WITH WHAT'S IN YOUR HAND.

Stewardship Requires Movement

We often associate stewardship with protecting something. And yes, stewardship involves care. But biblical stewardship isn't simply, I kept it safe.

The servant who buried the talent technically kept it safe. He returned exactly what he had received. But that wasn't considered faithful stewardship in the parable because what was entrusted to him was supposed to be used.

Maybe protecting yourself from failure has also protected you from progress. Maybe protecting yourself from criticism has prevented you from being seen. Maybe protecting yourself from losing money has prevented you from building something that could generate money. Maybe protecting yourself from embarrassment has prevented you from discovering what you're actually capable of doing.

There is wisdom in planning. There is wisdom in preparation. There is wisdom in counting the cost. But eventually, STEWARDSHIP REQUIRES MOVEMENT.

You Don't Need to Know Everything

You do not have to understand the entire process before you begin.

If God gives you the vision for the book, you can learn publishing. If you have the story but struggle to write it, there are ghostwriters. If you have the business concept but don't understand formation, branding, marketing, or strategy, you can get help.

If you have the stage play in your head but don't understand script structure, you can learn. If you have the invention but don't understand the next step, start researching.

Not knowing how isn't the same thing as being unable.

Sometimes your next step isn't knowing everything. Sometimes your next step is simply finding somebody who knows what you don't know.

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What Will You Present When It's Time to Give an Account?

The master returned, and each servant had to account for what had been entrusted to him. That makes this bigger than entrepreneurship.

What am I doing with what God placed inside of me? Not what did somebody else do. Not how much did somebody else receive. Not how quickly did somebody else build.

What did you do with the idea? What did you do with the story? What did you do with the opportunity? What did you do with the creativity? What did you do with the knowledge? What did you do with the years of experience?

Did you develop it? Did you multiply it? Did you use it to serve others? Or did fear convince you to dig a hole?

Dig It Back Up.

If you're reading this and you recognize yourself, the story doesn't have to end with something buried.

Pull the manuscript back out. Open the notebook. Find the business plan. Go back to the idea. Revisit the invention. Finish the stage play. Develop the murder mystery. Build the website. Work on the brand. Make the phone call. Schedule the consultation. Do the research. Take the class. Ask the questions.

DIG IT BACK UP.

You may have delayed it. But delay doesn't have to become abandonment. You may have been afraid. But fear doesn't have to make the final decision. You may have stopped. But you can start again.

Stop Burying What God Gave You.

You don't need somebody else's five. You don't need somebody else's two. You need to become responsible for your one.

Your story. Your idea. Your creativity. Your experience. Your knowledge. Your assignment. Your opportunity. Your vision.

USE IT. DEVELOP IT. BUILD IT. MULTIPLY IT.

Because maybe the question isn't, God, when are You going to give me more? Maybe today's question is, What am I doing with what He already gave me?

What if the thing you're calling "waiting" is actually burying?

It's time to dig it up. It's time to work it. It's time to build. And it's time to START.

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