Mark 12: 42
"And there came a certain poor widow
and she threw in two mites
which make a farthing"
The big givers! Everyone in their church knows who they are. However we solicit them to make those impressive gifts that make a new building possible. They get their names put on brass plaques and leaded into stained glass windows. They sure give a lot of money. Or do they?
Jesus stood outside the treasury and watched the big givers give. He was not so impressed with their big gifts. It seemed to Him as if they were merely tipping God. How did the truly big giver look? Jesus pointed to a little women, one whom the big givers and the soliciting committees ignored.
Study the women. She obviously did not feel like a big giver. She felt simple and poorly dressed. Usually, her poor garment was faded and patched. She slipped in among the richly robed. Her gift was, in her mind, even more shabby than her clothes. quickly, as though ashamed of her appearance, she threw in a couple of small coins and slipped out again.
Yet Jesus saw her. He told those about Him that she was the really big giver. How could this be? Two small coins a big gift? Yes! She had given all she had. No one can give more than that. Why did she risk the humiliation of being despised by those who thought they were the big givers? There can only be one explanation. She was in love with God! You can give without loving; but you cannot love without giving. She needed to give, for she was in love with God. Nothing would humiliate her more than disappointing her Father in heaven. He was her great supplier and her only hope.
May God Bless You
And Your Families
Minister: Robert A. Lail
The Cross Life Ministry
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