This quote refers to a biblical parable found in the New Testament, Matthew 25:14-30. “The Parable Of The Talents,” which concerns a master who gives each of his servants a sum, or “talent,” to invest while he is away, bears a message analogous to the view on fostering natural skills as gifts (also called talents). Two of the servants in the story did as they were told, used their master’s money to increase the value of his property, and were richly rewarded upon his return. The last servant, unlike the previous two, had only received a single talent. Fearing to use it, he simply buried it in the ground. The master was furious, for the talent could have at least gained interest if it had been turned over to the bankers. He cried, “take the talent from him (the servant) and give it to the one who has ten. For the one who has will be given more, and he will have more than enough. But the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken from him. ”
(Matthew 25:24–30)
Ultimately, the understanding of this parable is that whether you have one hidden gift or ten, it is your responsibility to use it and grow with it as God intended. So to question yourself as being one of the two types of servants depicted in the story is really just questioning whether you’d rather not use your talents to your advantage, or work to gain from them and prosper.
