Fearful Service

“Then the man who had received one talent also approached and said, ‘Master, I know you. You’re a difficult man, reaping where you haven’t sown and gathering where you haven’t scattered seed. So I was afraid and went off and hid your talent in the ground. Look, you have what is yours.’

“But his master replied to him, ‘You evil, lazy slave! If you knew that I reap where I haven’t sown and gather where I haven’t scattered, then you should have deposited my money with the bankers. And when I returned I would have received my money back with interest.
(Matthew 25:24-27 Holman Christian Standard Bible ®©)

We need desperately to get a clue from this teaching by Jesus. In His parable, Jesus said that the master equated fear with being evil and lazy.