Capacity
I have been thinking about the idea of capacity recently. It’s a simple but profound idea. The Oxford dictionary defines capacity as ” the maximum amount that something can contain.” How do you and I have capacity, what are we holding and how do we increase it?
Luke 16 v 10, 11 says,
““Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much. So if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches? And if you have not been trustworthy with someone else’s property, who will give you property of your own? ” NIV.
The parable of the talents in Matthew 25 demonstrates this idea really well as the Master gives 3 servants different amounts of money and expects them to make a return on it. Two of the servants double the money and one buries it and finds himself on the sharp end of the masters tongue.
There are a couple of things that are interesting about this parable, firstly that the servants got given different amounts in the first place. This shows that the master knew that they had different capacities and gave them in line with what he expected them to be able to accomplish. Secondly the expectation was that there would be increase on the money. That the capacity could grow. The third servant is reprimanded because he didnt try to invest but just hid the money.
Each of us has a capacity, one that maybe we are born with or grows throughout our childhood. It’s not static how we invest, steward, develop generosity grows our capcity.
What holds us back? Why didnt the third servant invest his money? He had a wrong view of the master and that wrong view caused him to bury his money instead. Our wrong view of Father God can inhibit us in growing our capacity. We can struggle to invest what we have if we are full of fear about where provision will come from. If we don’t understand that Father God is our provider it can hold us back.
If we don’t understand that we are a loved son or daughter of a loving heavenly Father who has the resources of heaven available for us then we will hoard rather than steward our resources.
If we think that Father God is waiting to pounce on every mistake then we won’t take the risks to be generous with our money and resources.
How we see Father God matters.
It affects our capacity, and capacity is key to having a healthy Kingdom financial view.
How do you see Father God?
