September 29: Weekly Reading- Parable of the Talents; The Diligent & Insight Post by Kim Feld

  -   September 29, 2025

Faithfulness in Small Things Leads to Greater Responsibility: Jesus teaches that those who are faithful with what they are given will be entrusted with more. This parable reminds us that God rewards those who use their talents and gifts wisely for His kingdom.

Monday Verse

Patient endurance is what you need now, so that you will continue to do God’s will. Then you will receive all that he has promised. Hebrews 10:36 (NLT)

Monday Questions

Am I using the resources and gifts God has entrusted to me faithfully? How can I grow in faithfulness in the small things?

Monday Insight Post
by Kim Feld

If I’m honest, these passages have often left me with a bit of anxiety. Am I doing enough? Am I being faithful with what God has given me by doing something significant with it? I am a “doer” by nature, so I naturally gravitate toward the action elements of these stories. But the older I get, the more I realize that “doing” without a solid foundation of “being” is a recipe for disaster. 

It seems to me that the Christian life is a combination of doing for God and being with God, but the doing should always come from being. I can work and work, even on noble things, but if my work doesn’t come from a place of being transformed by Jesus, it doesn’t yield much in God’s economy. As I look back on the things I have done “for God,” I recognize how many times I have gone off on my own and then reported back, instead of going with Him and allowing Him to lead and guide every step of the way. That’s doing without being.

I remain convinced that God is way more concerned about who I become than what I do. He desires that I look more and more like Jesus, and the only way I can do that is by spending time with Jesus and learning from Him. Yet, in my doing, I often feel the crunch and weight of time and deadlines, allowing them to either shorten the time I spend in prayer and study or eliminate them altogether, all for the sake of “working for the Kingdom.” 

God has given us gifts and talents that He wants us to share with others. My assignment may look different from yours, but He has given all of us big mandates: to love God and to love people. Honestly, I can do neither without the Holy Spirit infusing me with His guidance. Even the most gifted and talented among us will eventually fall flat under their own steam. We can only go so far and do so much on our own. God designed us to be dependent on Him. 

It’s also important to note that God doesn’t view things the same way that we do. Something that seems small in our eyes may be of great value to Him because He can see all the ripples that will result from the small act. Sometimes small beginnings yield something big. 

As I ponder these passages, I ask myself some questions: Is the time I spend with God adequate for what He has entrusted to me? Am I working for God or working with God? What do I see God doing around me that He may be inviting me to join Him in?

Kim Feld
Executive Director of Education and Outreach 

New Hope Church
Lorton, Virginia
www.newhope.org