Matthew 25

In these parables Jesus is speaking to the church - those who profess to be His followers.  With the parable of the virgins he focuses on being prepared for His return.  The parable of the talents focuses on our faithfulness to fulfill His mission that we were entrusted with - to go and make disciples of all nations.

John MacArthur says…

Together the two parables depict the balance of believers' looking forward to His coming with anticipation while living in preparedness for His coming through faithful service.

Frequently one or the other of those precepts either is lost or overemphasized. Although believers are to rejoice continually in the prospect of their Lord's coming again, they are not to sit back in idleness and do nothing. Saving faith is serving faith. On the other hand, they are not to become so caught up in serving the Lord that they forget to contemplate and rejoice in His return. 

I wonder how many professing Christians are just going through the motions and are not really ready for Jesus’ return.  In the end they will be left behind because they did not properly prepare themselves for His return.  And yet still we are called not just to prepare our hearts and lives personally but to engage in helping others do the same.  Jesus entrusts us with the responsibility of sharing the good news with others and we must be willing to embrace it wholeheartedly.  Have you responded to the calling of God to go make disciples?  At the end of the day we will have to give an accounting for how we responded to that calling.  Will we find ourselves rewarded by the Lord?  Are you wasting the opportunities to share the good news with others or are you taking advantage of the opportunities that are presented?