Mark 12:44 Jesus said - “For they all contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty has put in everything she had, all she had to live on.”
Jesus watched the wealthy give their financial gifts to the temple treasury. He watched “how” everyone gave. He saw a lone widow give “more” than anyone else. From man’s perspective she gave next to nothing, but from God’s perspective she gave the most. How?
This woman put in “out of her poverty,” while the rest had given “out of their abundance.”
The Abundant Life
The life we want to live is the one where we give our lives to the Lord out of poverty, not out of abundance. We want to live in the “out-of-our-poverty” level.
I’ll be honest, this woman’s life wrecks me. I get rocked reading about Jesus and His value system. It works me to think about the kind of devotion and life He adores.
It has always been this way. God has always loved acts of mercy more than acts of outward worship. He wants our bodies to obey more than He wants our lips to profess.
My Prayer
I am asking God to help me see the areas of my life where I can go deeper into the poverty-level of giving. This is hard. But Jesus, as the Son of God, was rich and became poor for me, so I want to give my life back to Him (2 Corinthians 8:9). I am also asking God to give me the guts to actually do what He shows me.
I would encourage you to do the same. Ask Him to open your eyes to this beautiful, abundant, out-of-poverty life!
Out Of Poverty
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