How often do you worry about money? Are there times you are unsure if you can pay bills? Are you seeking ways to make more money? Do you struggle to give to charities? Are you struggling to give back to God? Have you considered giving back to God should be a priority?
Many people struggle financially. They live from pay day to pay day. Some juggle paying bills. They may pay a bill late on occasion due to not having enough money. Using any of their meager funds to help others is out of the question. They are barely making it themselves.
When it comes to giving back to God by giving to the church, we often make it a lower priority. Why? We struggle to pay bills. We have needs. We have wants. We have put ourselves in debt. We do not make God the priority. It is hard for us to admit that. Yet, when we boil it all down, it is true of many of us.
Jesus watches the people putting money into the treasury at the temple. Many of them dropping several large coins into the collection pail. They make a loud sound as they drop into the pail. Then, a poor widow drops two small copper coins into the pail. They barely make a sound at all. Jesus declares she has given more than all the others.
It is not about the money. It is about faith. The poor widow trusted God to provide for her. She gave everything she had. There was no money left to buy bread. Yet, she trusted God would grant her next meal. We, too, can trust God to provide. It is hard to do at first. But as we trust him in small ways and see him answer, it becomes easier to trust him with bigger things.
I pray we all trust God to provide for our needs. I pray we start trusting him with small things. I pray each one of us come to know that we cannot out give God. Trust God to provide. Trust him with small things. Learn to trust him with bigger things. Know you cannot out give God.
Mark 12:43-44 Then he called his disciples and said to them, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all those who are contributing to the treasury. For all of them have contributed out of their abundance; but she out of her poverty has put in everything she had, all she had to live on.”
Marty Pressey 