When Small Becomes Giant
By Mark Flippo
Mark 12: (MSG)
38-40 He continued teaching. “Watch out for the religion scholars. They love to walk around in academic gowns, preening in the radiance of public flattery, basking in prominent positions, sitting at the head table at every church function. And all the time they are exploiting the weak and helpless. The longer their prayers, the worse they get. But they’ll pay for it in the end.”
41-44 Sitting across from the offering box, he was observing how the crowd tossed money in for the collection. Many of the rich were making large contributions. One poor widow came up and put in two small coins—a measly two cents. Jesus called his disciples over and said, “The truth is that this poor widow gave more to the collection than all the others put together. All the others gave what they’ll never miss; she gave extravagantly what she couldn’t afford—she gave her all.”
People are no different today than they were back then. There are those that want many to see their donations. You may find more of them than the poor. That widow taught us the very nature of our heart and mind needs to be Humble! We have also given sacrificially. It cost us when we had nothing to give.
We had very little in our cupboard.
That is when the True Blessing of giving like that widow did, comes into focus. We did not want anyone to know how bad off we were. Jesus knew! After that things began to break. Money that we did not expect came our way. Halleluyah! Many tears were cried over God's kindness to us. If you have not experienced this, try it sometime and see how God can change a humble heart!
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By Mark Flippo
Mark 12: (MSG)
38-40 He continued teaching. “Watch out for the religion scholars. They love to walk around in academic gowns, preening in the radiance of public flattery, basking in prominent positions, sitting at the head table at every church function. And all the time they are exploiting the weak and helpless. The longer their prayers, the worse they get. But they’ll pay for it in the end.”
41-44 Sitting across from the offering box, he was observing how the crowd tossed money in for the collection. Many of the rich were making large contributions. One poor widow came up and put in two small coins—a measly two cents. Jesus called his disciples over and said, “The truth is that this poor widow gave more to the collection than all the others put together. All the others gave what they’ll never miss; she gave extravagantly what she couldn’t afford—she gave her all.”
People are no different today than they were back then. There are those that want many to see their donations. You may find more of them than the poor. That widow taught us the very nature of our heart and mind needs to be Humble! We have also given sacrificially. It cost us when we had nothing to give.
We had very little in our cupboard.
That is when the True Blessing of giving like that widow did, comes into focus. We did not want anyone to know how bad off we were. Jesus knew! After that things began to break. Money that we did not expect came our way. Halleluyah! Many tears were cried over God's kindness to us. If you have not experienced this, try it sometime and see how God can change a humble heart!
http://moderndayparablesrcf.com