... more shall be given.
In some breaking news, tonight I was voted on by the church to take up the role of an Elder in our church.
For the past year I've been serving with the Eldership as an "Elder in training". It's basically a traineeship where you do everything an Elder is supposed to do and learn about how to operate in this important area of ministry.
The Eldership at our church is particularly important at the moment because we don't have a Senior Pastor leading the church. It takes on quite a lot of the pastoral responsibilities for the church.
So tonight they voted and tonight I was voted in. It's quite exciting really! To me it says that a bunch of people trust in me to say, I can allow him to listen to what God has to say for this church and lead us in that direction. Quite humbling actually.
I alluded in the title to a piece of Scripture known fairly commonly as the parable of the Talents (Talents being an ancient unit of currency). In the parable Jesus talks about being responsible with whatever God has given us and when we show ourselves to be trustworthy, more will be given to us.
While it's a story about how we live this life and our reward in the next, I also take it as a principle for our lives in the here and now. That when God gives us a certain measure of responibility we will not have any more until we can be proven to be trustworthy with it. Becoming a part of the Eldership in full is for me a confirmation of my spiritual growth and that God is involved and has concern for my life.