I have so much. And it makes me uneasy. Why?

Having plenty while others do not sits uneasily, and the unease is often mistaken for guilt. It is closer to an instruction. In the parable the servant who was rebuked was not the one who had least — it was the one who buried what he had. Being uncomfortable is already the beginning of using it.

The conversation

The child: “Daddy God, I have so much. And it makes me uneasy. Why?”

God: “That weight isn't guilt. It's calling. Comfort would be the worry.”

The child: “What do You mean?”

God: “'For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required.'”

God: “The rich young ruler had everything. He was asked to let it go, and left.”

The child: “Am I like him?”

God: “You're here asking. He walked away. That's the difference.”

God: “In the parable, the one who buried his talent was the one rebuked.”

The child: “So where do I start?”

God: “'As we have opportunity, let us do good unto all men.' Start where you are.”

The child: “What if what I give isn't enough?”

God: “'Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, running over.'”

The child: “I don't want to be the one who buried it.”

God: “Then follow where your heart aches.”

"But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more." Luke 12:48, KJV