Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the offering box, and He saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins…
Luke 21:1-4
Jesus was observing people in the temple. He watched people of wealth and affluence go out of their way to the offering box and, out of the abundance of their great wealth, put in their donations. Then He noticed a widow. She had two copper coins, and the Greek word tells us their value. The two coins together made up the value of one-fourth of one cent, a quarter of a penny. That was all she had. The widow could have taken one of those copper coins and dropped it in the box. That would certainly have been more than sufficient. Instead, she took them both and gave them away, all that she had, for Christ. And do you know what happened? Jesus saw her do it. We have people today in the twenty-first century who give less than this in the church, and Jesus sees that, too, but this woman enjoyed the blessed commendation of Christ: “I see you. I see what you have done.” Jesus realized that this woman was “all in.” We sing, “Take my life and let it be.” We make all kinds of claims. I do not know how you feel, but I know that whatever devotion I have given in my life to Jesus, whatever sacrifice I have made for the sake of His kingdom pales into utter insignificance in light of the poverty-stricken widow whose mite was seen and blessed by Jesus.
Source: S C Ball April 25, 2023
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