A talent is something given to you from the beginning. What you do with it is the choice you have to make. Will you use it and prosper. Maybe you will just hold on to it never sharing it with the world. What benefit does it provide when you don't use it?
A talent is different from a skill. Skills you learn as you grow. Sometimes skills come along later in life when you choose to learn something new and different.
Talent
A wise man left town and didn’t want to carry his money
He entrusted some to each of his three manservants
The first invested his share wisely and prospered
The second man invested carefully but made no profit
The third hid his share to protect it from thieves
When the merchant returned, he accosted the three
And told the first man that he did well
And would be trusted with more in the future
The second man was cautioned and was told
That he would not be given money in the future
Because he did not know how to use money
The third man became reprimanded and called a fool
He would not be entrusted in the future
And when the winds of famine blow he will suffer
If you hide your light under a bushel, you shall not prosper
Take the gifts that the almighty endowed you with and make them shine
Discover your latent talents and make them work
To him who prospers, shall receive
He knows how to wisely use time, energy and money
And he shall do much good for God and Man
What is true for your ability will seem to you like child-play
Because you will enjoy doing the thing that you are good at
You will not think of it as work
It will be fun and you will wonder that others will pay for your efforts
If you do not prosper you cannot pay taxes
You can’t tithe the church
And you can’t help the sick
And you will be a burden unto the world
