We have all entrusted something of ours to someone else, believing that they are going to care for it as though it were their own. If you lend someone your car and they damage it through misuse, you would be very unhappy about that. If you pay for your child to go to university, but they spend their time drinking and partying and failing all their subjects, you would be very unhappy about that. We expect people to treat those privileges and those blessings with respect and with responsibility. The bible puts it like this in 1 Corinthians 4:2 – “Now it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful.”

We often see our lives as a confusing mix of abilities and weaknesses, not realising that God has entrusted us with gifts and talents of real value. Scripture reminds us that our talents, whether leadership, creativity, serving, or hospitality, are not accidents. They are given by God’s grace, entrusted for His purposes. The question is not whether you have something to offer, but what you will do with what you’ve been given.