And he sat down opposite the treasury and watched the people putting money into the offering box. Many rich people put in large sums. And a poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which make a penny. And he called his disciples to him and said to them, “Truly, I say to you, this poor widow has put in more than all those who are contributing to the offering box. 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.” (Mark 12:41-44 ESV)
We have heard this story many times. How Jesus lifts up this woman for giving her last 2 coins to the temple offering.
We have heard how she trusted God enough to give everything she had to God.
And is this wrong? No. But is there something more?
You see everyone had to contribute. This woman has no choice, and the system made her give all she had. Yet even when our human systems fail us God never will.
You see we have to give all we have, because it was first given to us, to manage, to steward. We have to rightly manage what God has given to us to manage.
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