What is the topic of this sonnet?

When I consider how my light is spent,
E're half my days, in this dark world and wide,
And that one Talent which is death to hide,
Lodg'd with me useless, though my Soul more bent
To serve therewith my Maker, and present [ 5 ]
My true account, least he returning chide,
Doth God exact day labour, light deny'd,
I fondly ask; But patience to prevent
That murmur, soon replies, God doth not need
Either man's work or his own gifts, who best [ 10 ]
Bear his milde yoak, they serve him best, his State
Is

Question

What is the topic of this sonnet?

    When I consider how my light is spent,
    E're half my days, in this dark world and wide,
    And that one Talent which is death to hide,
    Lodg'd with me useless, though my Soul more bent
    To serve therewith my Maker, and present [ 5 ]
    My true account, least he returning chide,
    Doth God exact day labour, light deny'd,
    I fondly ask; But patience to prevent
    That murmur, soon replies, God doth not need
    Either man's work or his own gifts, who best [ 10 ]
    Bear his milde yoak, they serve him best, his State
    Is

countrygirl1431 · Answer

Kingly. Thousands at his bidding speed
    And post o're Land and Ocean without rest:
    They also serve who only stand and waite.

coping with blindness
writer's block
interpreting God's word