2 Chronicles 25:9 "And Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel? And the man of God answered, The LORD is able to give thee much more than this."
There are times in life when we give our best effort to a cause or a person. This may go on for some time, we've invested perhaps years of our own life into something, only to see it ultimately fail. Whether it be 100 talents of silver, or years of our lives, of ourselves, it is nearly unthinkable to see it slip away. "What shall we do...?" Is that investment, those years of our lives just gone? Wasted? To be forgotten?
We serve the Great Redeemer. He takes what is broken, what is wasted, and redeems it. Whatever we feel we have lost, if we surrender to Him, He is able to give us much more than this. Whether it is 100 talents of silver or our own life and self, He is able to restore and redeem if we commit to Him and do what is right. We can't change the past, but God can turn its ashes into beauty beyond our wildest imagination.
What are my "100 talents of silver" that I can't get back? What new direction is God calling me to go that feels like I'll be losing those "talents"? Am I trusting Him, that He can and will give much more than this? What beauty could He be bringing out of this situation?
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