ZadokWCI: Sunday Recap

Entrusted, But Afraid | February 1, 2026

Whew! This week’s message came for us: excuses anxiety, comparison, all of it.

It confronted our fear, challenged our comfort, and compelled us to be better stewards of what God has entrusted to us. 

Can the church say ouch? But we leaned in, because when you realize you’re carrying a "Kingdom deposit”, you stop playing with your potential. 

Apostle walked in with a subpoena for every buried dream and dormant gift in the room. And thank God he did!

Are you ready for this kind of talk? 

Whenever Jesus told a parable, he wanted to awaken something. He is not merely telling a story. He is unveiling a Kingdom principle. Our text,  Matthew 25:14–30, shows us that God is a Master Investor, and He’s looking for a yield.

"To one he gave five talents, to another, two, and to another, one, each according to his own [special] ability then he went away." Matthew 25:15 (AMP)

Here’s the first thing you have to understand: teaching awakens what’s dormant. If you’re unwilling to be taught, you’ll always be in a realm that remains dormant. You cannot afford to have anything asleep in you that Heaven thought to put in you.

“At all costs, I must guard my gift.” —MGLewisJr

We often get it twisted. We think being "trusted" is the goal. But trust is earned over time. Being entrusted is different—it means God saw your capacity before you ever proved your character. He placed confidence in your ability to manage His assets.

“It’s the entrusted for me.” —MGLewisJr

God has given us so much! But Apostle broke down the five ways we mishandle it:

•  Dormancy: Unused potential.

•  Disuse: Negligence in ability.

•  Misuse: Misapplied grace.

•  Abuse: Mishandled assignments.

•  Mishandling: Operating without a manual.

God is grieved by dormant deposits. Many of us are failing not because we lack "it," but because we are trying to operate in what we want to do instead of according to our actual ability.

The Master gave differently, deliberately, and according to ability. Knowing this should help us kill comparison. Stop focusing on your neighbor’s "five" and start managing your "two."

"The one who had received the five talents went at once and traded with them, and he [made a profit and] gained five more for his master. In the same way the one who had received the two talents [went and traded and] gained two more.” Matthew 25:16–17 (AMP)

Notice their response? They traded immediately. And as a result, they each gained. They didn’t go on a fast to "see if it was God." They didn’t wait for a confirmation email from heaven. They acted with urgency. The level of your growth can be determined by your response 

“Delayed obedience is nothing but disguised fear.” —MGLewisJr

Then we get to the tragedy of the one-talent servant.

"But the one who had received the one talent went and dug a hole in the ground and hid his master’s money." Matthew 25:18 (AMP)

God is not a Savior on a budget. He wants to multiply everything He gave you, but nothing in a hole draws interest.

Some of us are in rebellion—not because we’re out here "sinning" in the traditional sense, but because we are inactive. We are not producing with what God gave us.

“Fear doesn’t always make you rebellious, sometimes it makes you inactive.” —MGLewisJr

If God didn't think you had the capacity, He would have planted your gift in a hole—but He put it in a heart. Dare to take what he put in your heart and make a home for it. 

“Stop protecting your gift so much that you suffocate it.” —MGLewisJr

The Master didn’t stay away forever. He came back to settle the account.

 "Now after a long time the master of those servants returned and settled accounts with them." Matthew 25:19 (AMP)

What God put in us is a deposit, and He will be looking for a yield. How much interest have you drawn on what God put in you? 

Better yet, the question for 2026 is: Does your gift have receipts?

If God can’t withdraw from you what He needs when He needs it, you are insufficient. And some of us overdraft in our walk with God.

What does that look like? Claiming to be walking into “a new season” without having even done the last thing God said to do. We’ve been leaning on "Overdraft Protection"—God’s grace covering our lack of production.

But it's time to stop accumulating fees and start producing fruit.

“Also the one who had the two talents came forward, saying, ‘Master, you entrusted two talents to me. See, I have [made a profit and] gained two more talents.’ His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful and trustworthy over a little, I will put you in charge of many things; share in the joy of your master.’” Matthew 25:22-23 AMP

This verse shows us that we don’t have to wait to get to Heaven to hear “Well done.” When you steward what God put in you, you can do well right here on earth. 

Some of us have become stuck where we are because we’ve been suffocating what God put in us since He gave it to us…like the servant with one talent. 

 "So I was afraid [to lose the talent], and I went and hid your talent in the ground. See, you have what is yours." Matthew 25:25 (AMP)

Fear will cause you to bury what God put in you. But you have to be assured that you can’t lose it if He entrusted it to you. God trusted your capacity! 

This isn't about salvation anxiety; it’s about stewardship intensity. 

“Your life was not designed to be safe, it was designed to be sent.” —MGLewisJr

The tragedy isn't that this servant lacked the gift—it’s that he hid it. And when you hide it, you eventually lose it. 

Apostle posed four questions that should make us all check our "available balance":

•  What did you Bury?

• What did you Delay?

•  What are you Afraid to develop?

•  What are you Embarrassed to express?

God is not interested in you meeting him with potential, meet Him with proof.

“Dormant destiny is not an option.” —MGLewisJr

“For to everyone who has [and values his blessings and gifts from God, and has used them wisely], more will be given, and [he will be richly supplied so that] he will have an abundance; but from the one who does not have [because he has ignored or disregarded his blessings and gifts from God], even what he does have will be taken away.” Matthew 25:29 AMP

When you operate in wisdom with what God gave you, it makes room for more. Gifts are indeed without repentance. God doesn't "take" the gift back because He changed His mind. 

But when you hide or bury what He gave you, you essentially hand it back. You’re basically saying “I don’t want it.”

“And throw out the worthless servant into the outer darkness; in that place [of grief and torment] there will be weeping [over sorrow and pain] and grinding of teeth [over distress and anger].” Matthew 25:30 AMP

Did you catch that? Disobedience will cause you to be tormented. If you ever find yourself wondering why you’re dealing with so much grief and torment, it’s possible that the devil is not the culprit…disobedience is.

To “throw out the worthless servant” sounds like harsh language. But understand that in this context, worthless doesn't mean "without value"—it means without yield. 

Buried gifts don’t just affect you; they affect the world that’s waiting for you.

God has entrusted you with something that will change the world. So you can’t stay afraid. If you ever need reassurance, remember that God entrusted us when we didn’t even trust ourselves.