Saving things is a part of our lives. We are constantly thinking of the reservoir; of the things that are stored up for a rainy day. Some reasons why we save things might be because we fear of spending that thing which we might not ever had the chance to get back. There are things in life that only come across once and if we spend it we might never see it again. Now, Jesus spoke on a parable of a man who gave some talents to some of his servants for them to negotiate with others, and some of them did well with the deals. Their gains were prosperous because of the type of items. There are some things in life that do not have prosperous returns when negotiated, but the things that are from God they are made to give generous prosperity, and to give great lost as well if not.
Luke 19:20 And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin:
21 For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow.
The servant mentioned because of his fear he put his pound or talent in a napkin and stored it. According to the vine’s dictionary the napkin or handkerchief was used to cover the head of the dead. It is something that we normally do not like to display in public, the handkerchief that is; we blow our noses with it. Our ancestors used the handkerchief to save things that were important and fragile. Taking risks and negotiating the things we have in the hankie is what God meant life to be. He has capacitate us with all sort of abilities and those abilities are to be placed in the negotiating table or at the auctioneer’s fast talk just like Zacchaeus did (Lk19:8). Zacchaeus understood that there was a richness he had not tapped in. He understood that the richness he had obtain via negotiations did not satisfy him, he was after ones that were durable (Pr. 8:18) which provided long satisfaction. Zacchaeus was willing to take out his pound from this hankie and put it out in hope that he might obtain something better and he found it; Jesus told him “Today salvation has come to this house” (Lk. 19:9).