A few nights ago I was taking a walk with Olufunmilayo Odunaike when she said something that stopped me in my tracks: “Let God Use You”. I found it! I responded; the title for my New Year Reflection. Let God Use You”.
Every new year comes with noise, resolutions, declarations, vision boards. But beneath all that activity sits one quiet question most people avoid, what exactly has God placed in my hands and what am I doing with it?
The Bible answers this directly in the Parable of the Talents. A master entrusts his servants with different measures, five talents, two talents, one talent, and leaves. No supervision. No reminders. Just trust. When he returns, the accounting is simple. The servants who put what they received to work are commended. The one who buried his talent out of fear is rebuked, not because he stole or wasted it, but because he refused to use it.
That story is not about money but about responsibility.
God blesses people differently, not because some are more loved than others, but because impact requires diversity of capacity. Some receive influence. Some receive intellect. Some receive resources. Some receive empathy, leadership, visibility, access, strategy, creativity, resilience. The size of the gift is not the issue. What matters is utilization. Talents that are not deployed in stagnation and blessings that are hoarded lose relevance.
Too many people pray for increase when they are sitting on unused capacity. We ask God for more while burying what we already have. Meanwhile, God’s expectation is straightforward: use what I gave you.
When God blesses you, it is rarely just for your comfort alone. It is for impact, for solving problems bigger than you, for lifting others quietly and consistently, for building systems, for opening doors, for creating opportunities, and changing outcomes. Blessings that stop with us eventually dry up while those that flow through us multiply.
The servant with one talent failed not because he had little, but because fear or wickedness made him inactive. Fear of criticism. Fear of failure. Fear of visibility. Fear of responsibility. Fear will always disguise itself as caution, humility, or waiting on God. However, delayed obedience is still disobedience.
Let God use you means releasing control for impact is the currency of divine trust.
You must first come to the understanding that your gifts were never meant to be perfectly preserved, they were meant to be invested. It means stepping into rooms you feel unqualified for, serving beyond applause, giving without guarantees, and doing the work even when recognition is delayed. It means trusting that God does not call the equipped, He equips those who are willing.
As we step into a new year, the question is not what do I want from God. The real question is what does God want to do through me?
What has been placed in your hands, your voice, your platform, your skills, your network, your experiences? Are you multiplying it or burying it? Are you using it to make impact or protecting it to stay safe?
The master is not impressed by intentions. He rewards outcomes.
So this year, let God use you, fully, boldly, intentionally. And if you choose not to, He will raise a stone in your stead.
Welcome to 2026!