Good morning,
We live busy lives. Work, school, church, gym etc. Interruptions. Do we see needs and meet them?
God has given us the privilege and responsibility to bear one another’s burdens. Physically, relationally, financially, and spiritually.
This week we will look at what the Bible says about bearing one another’s burdens.
Today we see how a widow gave all she had to please God.
Financial
Women’s mite, she gave of her want Mark 12:41-44
And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much.42 And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.43 And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury:44 For all they did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her living.
This widow was poor. She did not have a lot of money to give. Yet Jesus says she gave all she had.
That begs the questions, how much are we willing to give? What is our motivation to give? Ultimately, where does our money come from?
We are stewards of God’s money. It is not ours. God allowed us to earn it, inherit it, or otherwise procure it. That being said, what are we doing with God’s money? How much of God’s money is going to the work of God? His church, ministries, missionaries. What motivates us to give? The command to give or the desire to give back to God what He has already freely given to us? What if God took away our ability to earn money? Would we still give a portion of what we have?
Jesus was trying to teach His disciples a lesson. Our giving should be out of love for what God has done for us. What we deserve is death and hell. What God has given us is life, through Jesus Christ’s death, burial, and resurrection, is eternity with God in heaven, forever!
“But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.7 Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.” (2 Corinthians 9:6-7)
Tom Stearns, WASI Chaplain, 907 715-4001 chaplain@alaskaseniors.com
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