God has made a profound investment in His called-out ones, offering them an infinitely wider spectrum of pleasures compared to those not yet called. This includes the promise of quality eternal life, a permanent relationship with the Father as His adoptive offspring, and an intrinsic desire to live righteously for eternity by embracing His holy and spiritual law. Almighty God, as the sole author of legitimate desires and cravings, is the only one who can satisfy every longing without negative consequences or sorrows. If carnal humans yield to God's purpose for their lives, they would receive permanent satisfaction, as symbolized by the refreshing water Jesus described, which quenches thirst forever when connected to the source—God's Holy Spirit. God will not grant the desires of a deceitful heart infected with vanity, jealousy, lust, and greed, but to a chosen few who undergo a metaphorical heart transplant, receiving a pliable heart upon which He writes His holy laws. This enables His called-out ones to align their desires with His magnificent purpose, experiencing genuine godly pleasures forevermore. Additionally, God expects a return on His investment, encouraging His people to earnestly seek an increasing repertoire of spiritual gifts while cautioning against their abuse for self-aggrandizement. These gifts are not privileges but responsibilities, designed to serve and help others interdependently within the body of Christ.

God has given all of us minds to think and to plan, but He does not always grant us control over the outcome of our plans. Though our hearts may plan our way, the Lord carefully directs our steps, sometimes moving us sideways, backwards, or over a circuitous detour. Often, He steers us away from unseen obstacles, even when we mistakenly think He is thwarting us. Without His guidance, man's plans inevitably lead to failure and ruin, especially when natural talents and gifts are used for purposes other than what Almighty God intended. Before the foundation of the world, He knew our proclivities to sin and make mistakes, yet He called us, understanding the extensive repair and refurbishing needed in our lives. Almighty God has called us into His Family to develop compassion for others and to receive it in return, shaping us through trials and experiences. The talents and abilities we are blessed with at birth are the raw materials He fashions, amplifies, and redirects from self-centered impulses to other-centered, love-motivated actions. Only when these gifts are used to serve mankind and glorify His creation, bringing happiness to others, do they truly hold value. Over time, it becomes clear that when we keep His laws, good things happen, and when we do not, bad things follow, affirming that His direction ultimately leads to joy and fulfillment.

God expects a return on His investments in us. We must reflect on how much He has done for us and consider what we can do in return. If we remain dormant, refusing to bear fruit or produce works of repentance and righteousness, we place ourselves in mortal danger. Almighty God always provides everything we need to fulfill what He has called us to do, as seen in the Parable of the Talents, where even the servant with one talent received a substantial amount to generate more. Just as the master expected his servants to do more than preserve what was entrusted to them, God expects us to use the talents He has bestowed upon us to produce an abundant return. We are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which He prepared beforehand that we should walk in them. As Christ's disciples, it is our responsibility to act, as demonstrated when Jesus instructed His disciples to feed the multitude, emphasizing that God expects us to do our jobs. We are commissioned to work in the here and now, using our talents to glorify Almighty God, serve our spiritual siblings, and prepare for His coming Kingdom. The essence of biblical success demands that we produce the return expected by the Master. We work for Him, not for our own selfish purposes, as stewards of His investment, and it is the quality of our stewardship that He seeks to measure. Ultimately, we will be held accountable for how we use our spiritual gifts, material, mental, and spiritual, to fulfill our individual life calling. God will bring every deed into judgment, and we must strive to produce a bumper crop of spiritual fruit to nourish and edify the Body of Christ.

Is God going to entrust us with His wealth, His investment, if we are not going to submit to His expertise, care enough to know the facts, and be a 24/7 partner in living as He lives? What an incredible investment God makes in His time and energies over an individual's whole lifetime because He knows the big picture. If He did it with Peter and Paul to fulfill their position as part of the firstfruits harvest within the body of Christ, do we not think He is doing the same for the rest of us, His unique small group that He is winnowing in the first harvest? God sees our trials as His opportunity to get rid of the chaff and the straw in order to fortify the wheat. How much do we consider the investment in us that God has made? Do we have the vision to see the end from the beginning of this product? Are we willing to work 24/7 to protect God's investment and make His purpose a reality in us? Do we earnestly desire to make this happen, just as Jesus Christ did and does? We must be asking ourselves as we observe the days of the Feast of Weeks count and understand our part in it: Are we carefully considering in our own lifetime a commitment to God in working through the harvest time of His firstfruits? Is it really a 24/7 commitment to the product of our lives that involves the precious investment of time, energy, and the wealth of the Father and the Son, even from our mother's womb? Do we earnestly desire to see the perfection of the product of our lives for the honor, glory, and purpose of God, because the Father and the Son expect nothing less than that we become holy in all conduct of our time?