My Heart Is On Fire By Doug Apple - A Short Christian Devotional To Open The Scriptures And Make Your Heart Burn Within You!

I’m Doug Apple...and my heart is on fire. (Luke 24:32) Are you wicked and lazy, or holy and hard working? I’m getting this from Jesus’ parable of the talents. Two guys worked hard and increased what they had been given, but that one guy, he hid the master’s money in the back yard. He didn’t lose it. He just didn’t grow it. He didn’t increase what he had been given. Then the master returns and what’s he looking for? Increase! He wants to see improvement. He wants to see growth. And what does he say when he doesn’t find improvement and growth? He turns on that man and in very strong language he says, “You wicked and lazy servant.” Wow. He didn’t soft pedal it. He didn’t let him down gently. He tore him up. Why? Because time had been wasted. Opportunity…wasted. God is not into waste. He is into growth. He has given us gifts. We have time. We have talents. We have opportunities. And we have an assignment. We have a requirement. Our requirement is to grow what we have been given.