Moment of Meditation: Hard Man (Matthew 25:24-27)

''He also who had received the one talent came forward, saying, 'Master, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you scattered no seed, so I was afraid, and I went and hid your talent in the ground. Here you have what is yours.' But his master answered him, 'You wicked and slothful servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I scattered no seed? Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received what was my own with interest (Matthew 25:24-27).''

The man who hid his talent has such a low view of his master. He describes him as a "hard man". One who harvests where he doesn't plant. Gathering where he doesn't scatter.

Jesus is the "hard man" for those who don't believe in Him. Unbelievers have a low view of Jesus because they see Him as one who puts His nose where it doesn't belong.

Believers praise Him that He does. If He didn't harvest what His disciples planted, you and I would have no chance of Heaven. If He didn't gather where the devil scatters, he would be most miserable in the eternal fires of Hell. Our heavenly reward is His gathering and harvesting. Amen.