The Mind of the Talents

The Mind – The Brainpower - The Head

The part of a person that thinks and reasons.
Where he looks for
To find understanding of the how to,
The when is
The wherefore
And why if -
Through constructive and reflective reasoning.

The mind is in the head
Taking the lead
At the top
Central and foremost.
It is the summit place,
The controller and the general,
The ruler and the regulator,
The chief negotiator,
The mover and the shaker,
The cradle of preparation,
The crown and glory.
A most vital organ.

The mind is
Where the intellect is housed
With
Perception, observation, awareness,
And stored alongside the capacity to focus
When insightful viewpoints gather steam
To form sound opinions in the light of comprised knowledge,
Sense and sensibilities, astuteness,
And visceral shrewdness.
It is where cleverness gets its skillful cunning,
And why
Good judgment recognizes sound doctrines.

Where logic makes sense of the profound,
In the deep alcoves of philosophical reflections.
It is the platform where conviction, belief,
Remembrance, imagination,
And purpose operates.
It is the home-place of wisdom and the information database;
Where intuition is formulated and communicated;
Where ideas are formed and stored;
Where exploration into buried treasures of genius
Is spouted in enriched and talented souls
To bring illuminating truths
And vibrant brilliance
Into the fold.

"The mind is
A terrible thing to waste" is a time honored motto.

It is like the kingdom of heaven principles.

Jesus said,
The kingdom of heaven
Is like when
A man goes on a journey,
And entrusts to his servants his property -
(Something of great worth, significance, assets).

To one he gave five talents;
To another two talents;
And to another one talent.
Each according to his own personal ability.

The man who received the five talents
Put his talents to work, and
Gained five more.
The one who received two talents
Also gained two more.
But the man who had received the one talent,
Dug a hole in the ground,
Buried it,
And hid his master’s talent.

When the master returned,
And settled accounts with them,
The one who received the five talents brought forth
His increase of five additional talents;
As did also the one given two talents.
They had prospered the master’s property.
Having taken the charge to heart
As a entrusted guardianship,
And used the resources wisely -
Maintaining and further expanding the value.
They worked the fields diligently;
Kept to the plow,
And enhanced their worth.
The master said to them both,
Well done my good and honorable servants.
You have been faithful and trustworthy with a few things;
I will put you in charge of much more.
Come and share in your master’s joy.

When the one who had received the one talent came forward,
He said,
Master
I knew that you were a hard man,
Harvesting (reaping) where you have not sown;
And gathering where you have not scattered seed.
So I was afraid and hid your talent in the ground.
See, here is what belongs to you.

So, the master said to him,
You wicked, idle and lazy servant!
Did you indeed know that I reap where I have not sowed?
And gathered where I have not seeded?
Then you should have at least deposited my talent and I would have
Received it back with interest.
For instance -
(If a man planted one small seed of corn,
It could produce a fruitful-bearing corn stalk
To feed a household.)
This foolish man
Did not heed the sovereignty of the master,
And disputed his authority.
Most significantly, he didn’t utilize what was freely given him.
Nor did he recognize the value of the prize.
In burying his talent,
He also buried his head in the sand.
He was too afraid to take the risk for fear of punishment.
He did not use
His head
To determine the will, the way, or
The mind of the master.
He didn’t
Think.

So the master took the talent from him
And gave it to the one who had gained the ten talents.
(Matthew 25:14-30)

The moral of the parable -
If you don’t use your mind,
Your talents,
The resources made available to you,
Your gifts and abilities,
They will be lost to you.
And become someone else gain.

Beware
Of the unregenerate mind.
It is the playground of the dis-possessors.
The mind is the prime target
Of the enemy
To stagnate, to cripple,
Or otherwise,
Disembowel,
As in…
Removing the guts to
Take aim and soar.

“…Be transformed by the renewing of your mind.
Then you will be able to test,
And prove (for yourselves) what God’s will is –
His good and acceptable and perfect will (for you).” Romans 12:2

As my friend James Lee is famous for saying…
Pay close attention and transform, transform, transform.