Mark 11-12

Yo. Do you ever sit down and think "man, I am so blessed"? Well, you probably should. Canada is very well off. Education, opportunity, travel, freedom, finances.

The verses that really stuck out to me today was at the very end of chapter 12 where Jesus is at the temple and he sees what people are giving to the treasury. Some threw in large amounts, others less than a penny. But Jesus commends the widow who offered nearly nothing.

Why?

She gave out of her poverty, and put in all she had to live on.

All of it.

Was she being stupid? How could she live like this? Was she being legalistic? Was she being pressured? Did she have family? What was she doing at the temple?

The tithe was 10%. Based on that alone I don't think she was doing it out of legalism. She could have just put in one coin instead of the two.

I don't have answers to everything, but 'going all in' as it were is not something you risk without something on the line.

Even though she'd be giving up what was right in front of her now, she knew God would provide and that greater things could happen with this money (Matt6:31-34).

Where is our heart? In the salary we make and the things we buy? or in how we use it to further the Kingdom, to have others hear the good news of Jesus Christ?

There are so many ways that even just a couple dollars could be used to reach someone with the gospel, yet we live in such luxury.

I think this passage comes with a real challenge to think over where the money and possessions and even time God has given us is going to.

Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Matt 6:21