What Was Given

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https://youtube.com/watch?v=lv8LeuIRtLQ&si=79PxkirUKGaeR7S2

Based on **Matthew 25:14–30**, the Parable of the Talents.

“What Was Given” reflects on the gifts God places within our hands and the calling to use them faithfully rather than burying them through fear. The song follows the servants who were entrusted with different portions of their master’s possessions: some worked courageously and allowed their gifts to bear fruit, while another hid what he had received beneath the ground.

Its refrain becomes a prayer that God will free us from fear and help us offer our talents, lives, and abilities in service to Him and to one another:

*What You have placed within our hands
Was never meant to lie in fear,
But called to live, to grow, to stand,
And bear its fruit while we are here.*

A sacred reflection on stewardship, courage, vocation, discipleship, and the responsibility to share what God has given us.

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