Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha
Even trees, especially food bearing trees such as fruit trees were not to be cut down during sieges and wars because such trees bear what should serve as food for man “the tree of the field is man’s food. They should therefore not be wasted for building siege works. Zero waste in the management of food resources, the source of the food producing plant or tree should not be destroyed. Please read Deuteronomy Chapter 20 verses 19 to 20.
God killed Onan for wasting life producing see meant to raise an heir to his brother Er. Please read Genesis Chapter 38 verses 1 to 10. There was no point emitting seed that should give life on the ground. This implies that seed should not be wasted no matter what. If he had no intention of raising an heir to his brother, then he should not have gone into his brother’s wife to emit seed at all, not to talk of emitting seed designed to raise an heir on the ground.
Beloved, the case of the man described in the parable of talents as the wicked lazy servant in the Bible (Matthew Chapter 25 verses 14 to 30) also illustrates the principle of zero waste. Talents, money, resources should always be traded to multiply, compound and bless humanity. The master of the three servants gave them talents according to their abilities. While the first two servants who received the most talents invested time in investing their resources for a profit irrespective of the supposed hard nature of their master who reaped where he did not sow; that is going by the account and lame excuse given by the wicked lazy servant in verses 24 to 25; the wicked lazy servant did not bother to do anything with his one talent. He did not even consider investing the one talent for himself or on himself. He had the least ability; received the least talent which could have been multiplied and compounded if he made the least attempt, invested the least time to invest the talent. At least, he would have done something to avoid zero waste even if it meant doing it for himself and not his supposed hard opportunistic master. Instead, he took the trouble to dig he ground and hid the talent there, unprofitable labor which did not ring blessings to anyone. What a shame, what a waste! Say, which is easier, digging the ground to hide the talent or investing the talent?
Beloved, it is my prayer for you and for me that we will not be like the wicked lazy servant. Rather, God by His Spirit will empower us to invest time in trading His divine deposits in us profitably to bless humanity so that we are also enlarged and enriched in the process to the glory of His Holy Name in the mighty name of Jesus Christ.
Contrary to the description of the master given by the wicked lazy servant, the master was generous. He rewarded and blessed the two faithful servants. Their capacities to further bless humanity were expanded and enlarged beyond their wildest imagination. The two faithful servants had the right mindset, the right attitude to investing their talents. They were more concerned about investing their talents than about the character of their master, the people and environment they were investing in. their priority was prime and prompt obedience to their master who blessed them with the talents and commanded them to invest the talents. That explains why their master referred to them as faithful servants; servants who were committed to obeying their master and doing what their master requested of them.
Unlike the wicked lazy servant and Onan, they had died to self and were focused on their master’s needs and not their personal needs. They were also not vindictive or resentful people. Onan for instance either resented his late brother or Tamar, the widow of his brother or even the task of raising an heir to his brother. That explains the vindictive action of emitting seed on the ground rather than using the seed to raise an heir to his late brother. The wicked lazy servant was also resentful of his master whom he referred to as a hard man who took advantage of people as well as used people. So to deal with his master, he refused to trade his talent, so that his master would not benefit from him. Beloved, both Onan and the wicked lazy servant simply cut off their noses to spite their faces by their vindictive actions. Onan’s child by Tamar would always be Onan’s biologically though the child would be referred to as Er’s culturally. Secondly, Er was no longer on planet earth to even spend a second with the child. But Onan was alive to enjoy the child and benefit from the child if he lived long enough. Similarly, the wicked lazy servant would have been blessed and rewarded and promoted above one talent ability and mentality to whatever he had the wisdom to multiply his talent into just like the faithful servants were promoted. This implies that he had the power to determine his next rung and strata in life through obedience to the master’s instruction to trade his talent. Unfortunately, he chose to remain stuck in his one talent ability and mentality by being resentful, vindictive and refusing to work his one talent. He chose idleness and wickedness.
Beloved, do not despise or resent your gift or the giver of the gift and refuse to deploy your gift for the blessing of humanity. Do not be vindictive no matter what people have done to you. Just do what God wants you to do for them and be the blessing you were created to be. Do not allow their negative utterances and actions impact you negatively to resentment and vindictiveness, bobby traps satanically placed in your pathways to steal your divine blessings given to you by God from the foundation of the world. Drop vindictiveness in any form. You do not need it all. Reject waste, be a zero waste advocate and experience and enjoy sustainable abundance in the mighty name of Jesus Christ.
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