The worlds most successful life coach Jesus the Christ, illustrates how the kingdom of heaven works in Matthew 25:14-30.

One day, the master of the land was going away into a far country and called his servants to give each talents, gifts, or money according to their ability to manage his businesses while he traveled.

Each employee was given as the master believed could effectively manage. The first servant being in high regard was given five talents. The servant proved he could handle the responsibility and had doubled his talents to ten. The second servant was charged with two talents and had doubled his. The third servant was given one talent, which he took and buried it. He trembled with fear that he may lose it and so he did nothing. That servant allowed fear to overtake his ability to create resulting in no return at all, not even interest.

Our life is a gift and our choices affect the quality of our life. When we take our precious gift of life that is full of promise and abundant blessings, the universe request of us is to make the absolute best of it. Have fun, be fruitful and multiple, create and expand, giving more than is given in return which, shows our appreciation and obedience. I believe that when we do this, we are operating and participating in the kingdom of heaven consciousness. In the parable, the servants who gained the most return applied faith principles, creativity, right action and made great decisions that allowed his increase. The servant that hid his talent allowed fear, anxiety and self-doubt to become his master, which resulted in forfeiting his one talent to the servant with the most. This story revealed that error thinking, fear-based decisions and laziness cuts off blessings of the kingdom. Are you operating with expectancy in the kingdom of heaven?

In verse 26, the unprofitable servant was called “wicked and lazy by his returning master. Fear and disempowering thoughts talked the servant out of favor. The servant had taken the easy way out, and buried his gift in the ground. Think of the people he denied by his actions. He lost his raise, his job and the family dog.

For me, the most revealing part of this parable is that we create our reality or experience with the choices we make and our own self-talk. While each of us has the power of choice, we create our experiences by what we chose to give the most attention. How we exercise our faith, determines what we experience. Fear of anything causes more fear; the servants fear of loss produced more loss, and angered the boss.

Each of us has more talents than we could count, our duty is to create and further expand them. When we choose to believe that we are not worthy of the gift of life, or that we are not capable of expanding our talents, we are in essence telling God that he has made a mistake by giving us responsibility. To bury our uniqueness is short-circuiting our ability to harvest the kingdom of heavens mindset for an abundant and fulfilling life. The Kingdom of heaven is at hand for each of us today, give yourself permission to come out and play

Carmen J. Day is an ordained minister and world-renowned expert on wisdom wealth principles for abundant living. She has authored several books and ebooks, and is sought after for her fresh approach to delivering powerful messages of light to hundreds of audiences. Booking Carmen for your next tele-conference, meeting, seminar or personal coaching can be done via her website at http://www.carmenjday.com “May wealth and abundance find you ready to receive them”-Carmen J. Day
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