得到一千两银子的仆人可能感觉被欺骗了，他觉得主人很不公平。一个仆人得到五千，另一个得到两千，而他只得到一千。在他看来，这根本不值得使用。这么少一笔钱能干什么呢？
或许这正是你的感受。可能你的同学每门课都得A，又是你认识的人中最受欢迎的，而你却很普通。或许你的同事得到提拔，而你付出了双倍的努力也没有升职。又或许街那头的教会正在增长，而你的教会会员一直在流失。有些人看起来什么都有，而你却感觉生活举步艰难。你断定自己没什么可给予的。
如果这正是你的感受，请再读一遍这个比喻。不管是谁，世上都没有一个人是不能给予的。 说到底，不在乎我们拥有多少资源或才干，重要的是我们怎样使用所得的一切。不要拿自己和别人比较。好好看看自己，发现自己的恩赐，开始使用它们吧。当你这样做时，就不会感觉被欺骗了。你会发现生命的价值，也会听到主说：“做得好....进来享受你主人的快乐吧！”
主我们的神啊，求祢帮助我们不要和别人比较，无论祢给我们何种恩赐，都求祢赐我们恩典来使用。奉耶稣的名求，阿们。
马太福音 25:24-30
24那领一千的也来，说：‘主啊，我知道你是忍心的人，没有种的地方要收割，没有散的地方要聚敛，
25我就害怕，去把你的一千银子埋藏在地里。请看，你的原银子在这里。’
26主人回答说：‘你这又恶又懒的仆人，你既知道我没有种的地方要收割，没有散的地方要聚敛，
27就当把我的银子放给兑换银钱的人，到我来的时候，可以连本带利收回。
28夺过他这一千来，给那有一万的。
29因为凡有的，还要加给他，叫他有余；没有的，连他所有的也要夺过来。
30把这无用的仆人丢在外面黑暗里；在那里必要哀哭切齿了。’”
"Take the bag of gold from him and give it to the one who has ten bags. For whoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance." — Matthew 25:28-29
The man with one bag of gold felt cheated, thinking his master was unfair. While one of the servants was given ten bags, and another five, he had received just one. As far as he was concerned, it wasn't even worth using. What could he accomplish with such a small amount?
Perhaps that's how you feel. Maybe your classmate gets straight A's and is one of the most popular people you know, while you're just average. Maybe your colleague gets promoted even though you have worked twice as hard. Maybe the church down the street is growing while yours keeps losing members. Some people seem to have it all, and you feel that you're just limping along. You conclude that you have nothing to offer.
If that's how you feel, please read this parable again. Regardless of who we are, there's not one person on earth who has nothing to offer. When all is said and done, it's not about how many resources or abilities we have received; what matters is how we use what we have been given. Don't compare yourself to someone else. Take a good look at yourself, discover the gifts you have, and begin using them. And when you do, you'll no longer feel cheated. You'll find fulfillment in life, and you too will hear the Lord say, "Well done. . . . Come and share your master's happiness!"
Lord our God, keep us from comparing ourselves to other people, and give us the grace to use whatever gifts you have given us. In Jesus, Amen.
诵读: 楚云
片头: 张妙阳
