The Offering of the Poor Widow
Luke 21
Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the offering box. He also saw a poor widow drop in two small copper coins.
Then He said,
“Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all the others. All these people gave out of their surplus, but she, out of her poverty, gave all she had to live on.”
I found myself thinking:
“I want to be like this widow. I want to give more than others. I want to love God more than others do. Be more devoted. Sacrifice more. Be better. I want to be the one who God sees and delights in the most.”
But then I paused.
Jesus said—she gave everything she had to live on.
And I thought—I can’t do that.
How could I possibly give everything? I’m not capable of that kind of faith.
I’ll never be able to out-give her.
I’ll never be that faithful.
So… what now?
So I asked the Lord:
“Are You telling me this story because You want me to prove my faith by giving more like she did?”
The Lord answered:
“I love you.”
I said, “What do You mean?”
He said, “God is love.”
And it struck me—if Jesus loves me, then whatever He’s saying must come from love.
So then I asked myself:
Why do I want to give more than others?
Because I want to prove that I have great faith.
And why do I want to prove that?
To show I’m more devoted. That I love God more.
But… will God love me more because of that?
The truth is, He already showed the fullness of His love on the cross.
And I realized… I just wanted to be better than others, to win God’s approval.
But God said—I’m already made complete in Christ.
When He looks at me, He sees Jesus.
He delights in me as He delights in His own Son.
God loves me.
And He doesn’t compare His children to each other.
To Him, each of us is beloved and precious.
Then I asked again:
“So Lord, what does the widow’s offering really mean?”
And He answered:
“The world may have looked down on her—for being a widow, for being poor, for offering just two small coins. They might have dismissed her, thought she had nothing to give. But what the world despises, I lift up high.”
That’s when I received a revelation:
Isaiah 55:8-9
I shouldn’t try to interpret God’s Word through my own limited reasoning.
Another beautiful truth I learned:
God loves me.
He’s teaching me to see the world through His eyes.
If God chose to lift up a poor widow who didn’t even know Jesus,
how much more will He lift me up—His daughter?
The places where the world looks down on me—
He says He will be my completeness.
The places where I look down on myself—
He says, “You are My creation.”
♥
路加福音 21
1耶稣抬头观看，见有钱人正把捐项投进奉献箱里， 2又见一个穷寡妇投进两个小铜钱， 3就说：“我实在告诉你们，这位穷寡妇奉献的比其他人都多。 4因为他们不过奉献了自己富余的，但这穷寡妇奉献了她赖以为生的一切。”
我心想，我要像这个寡妇一样比别人给的多。我要比别人更爱主，要比别人更愿意奉献，要比别人更好，我希望在上帝的眼里，我比谁都好。
可是耶稣说，她把她赖以生存的所有都捐了。可是我不能啊，我怎么可能把我所有都捐了呢，我做不到。 我永远都不可能比那个寡妇更有信心，我永远都不可能做到比别人捐的多。怎么办？
于是我问主，他说这个寡妇奉献的事情，真的是要我像那个寡妇一样给得多来证明自己的信心吗？
主说：我爱你。
我说：什么意思？
主说：神是爱。
我心想：如果耶稣爱我，他肯定是因为爱才说这件事。
我为什么想要比别人捐的多呢？
因为我想证明我信心大啊。
我为什么要证明自己的信心大呢？
就证明我更虔诚，更爱主啊。
为什么要证明我更虔诚，更爱主呢？主会因为这样更喜欢我，更爱我吗？
在十字架上他已经显明了他的爱。
我只是想比别人更好，更讨神的喜悦。
可神说，我已经在耶稣里完全了，他看我就像看到耶稣一样好，一样喜悦。
神爱我，他肯定不会拿他的儿女互相攀比，每一个在他眼里都是很好的。
我又问主：那这个寡妇的奉献是什么意思？
主说：世上的人，可能会因为她是一个寡妇，看不起她； 也可能因为她很穷，看不起她； 也可能因为她只给了区区两个微不足道的小铜钱而看不起她；甚至可能因为所有的这些原因加起来，看不起她。而世人看不起的，我要高高举起。
于是我得到了这样一个启示：以赛亚书 55：8 主说: “我的意念不同于你们的意念，我的道路也不同于你们的道路。9正如天高过地，我的道路高过你们的道路，我的意念高过你们的意念。” 我确实不应该用自己的意念去理解神说的话。
另外一个启示：
神爱我。他正在教我用他的眼睛看世界。一个不认识耶稣的寡妇，神都要高高举起，更何况我呢？我是神的女儿啊！世人看不起我的地方，神说他是我的完全。我自己看不起我自己的地方，神说我是他造的。♥
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