Mark 12:41-42 Jesus sat down near the collection box in the Temple and watched as the crowds dropped in their money. Many rich people put in large amounts. Then a poor widow came and dropped in two small coins.
Just think it would still have been in circulation at the same time as that widow who put two of them into the collection box the day Jesus was sitting near by watching. My friend explained they were the smallest Roman coin you could have and they were called a Lepta but they were so disdained they were just a bit of metal that they cut very roughly and didn't even round them off properly. I photographed it next to our coins to give an idea of size.
They would have bought only a 20th of a loaf of the cheapest bread which only a very poor person would have eaten and yet she gave all she had. No wonder Jesus was so impressed by her gift and I know God would have honoured her faithfulness and looked after her.
It reminded me of Elijah who asked a widow who was on the point of starving to death with her son, to use her last bit of flour and oil to make him a cake first. When she did as he said the Lord provided food for her and her son all through the remaining famine. God took care of her and blessed her obedience and faithfulness. She didn’t lose out, she gained!
God’s ways are not ours. He asks us to give to Him first, no matter how little we think we have, and to trust Him to multiply it so He can give us far more than we need for however long we shall need it. Jesus said, ‘Give and it will be given to you, good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you.’(Luke 6:38)
Would you like some running over supply? Then give to the Lord and watch Him multiply it back to you in the days ahead.😊
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| A Widow’s Mite |
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