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Matthew chapter 25, verse 23.

His master said to him, well done, good and faithful servant.

You have been faithful over a little.

I will set you over much.

Enter into the joy of your master.

Ah, I love this picture.

I long for this picture to be true in my life.

Today and ultimately in the end, the whole story here in Matthew chapter 25, it's a parable of a master who entrusts his servants

with talents. And some of those servants take those talents that they've been entrusted with,

the gifts that their master has given them, and they them and when they do they come back and the

master looks at them and says well done good and faithful servant just let that soak in for a moment

because this is such a key verse concept all throughout scripture.

Let me ask you this question.

If I were to ask you what the success look like for you in your life, how would you answer

that question?

What does success look like for you? Just think about that. And as you think about

that, I want to encourage you with what God's word says success is. Success is faithfulness, period.

Success is not making a lot of money. Success is not getting the

best grades. Success is not being this or that the world says you should be. And not that having a job

and making money or working hard in school and getting good grades is bad by any means. But,

well, you just think about it. There's ways to make

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