Jesus instructs his disciples of all time about how to behave in the period between his resurrection and ascension and his second coming through the parable of the talents. A talent was a large sum of money equal to the wages of a day-laborer for fifteen years. Talents can also be understood as abilities and gifts God has bestowed upon each one. The large amount of money entrusted to each servant shows God’s generosity and the greatness of his faith to his children. In the parable the master did not give any instruction to his servants as to what was to be done with talents. The first two servants took initiative and risked new ventures and eventually multiplied their generosity by 100 precent. The third servant, on the other hand, played it safe. He took no risk; he took no initiative; he displayed no enthusiasm. Eventually he earned nothing for his master. Everything God had given to the disciples—their lives, their abilities, their possession and their very selves—is given in order to be spent and multiplied in the service of God and his kingdom, thereby becoming the source of further blessing for others and themselve
