And He said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all. Luke 21
One of the interesting lessons you can teach children is to get them to cut open an apple, and ask them how many seeds are in an apple. When they come up with a number of seeds, take one of the seeds, and ask the children to tell how many apples are in the seed. Remind them of the potential of each seed to produce an apple tree, from which will come many bushels of fruit, year after year, with each apple containing more seeds capable of producing even more trees and apples and seeds. Try to get them to grasp the potential in a tiny seed.
The Lord’s eye caught far more than the tiny amount of money that the widow tossed into the treasury. Only He could see beyond the tiny seed to the great harvest contained in that offering. It was not only that the poor widow had given a higher percentage than the wealthy donors, but she had given it to the Lord. The late Oswald MacLeod told of getting his grandson to calculate the amount of interest those two mites would have earned had they been placed in a bank account all these years. The amount was unbelievably huge. If an earthly bank would have generated so much, how much more would the Bank of Heaven pay?
What happens when we give to the Lord? How much does He see in what we toss into His treasury? Of course, I am talking about money, although not just money. What can the Lord see in what we give? How can He multiply the interest on the time spent working with children, or passing out Gospel tracts, or even on our knees in our closet? How much does He see in the faithfulness to the Assembly meetings and to the Gospel efforts that are within our driving distance? How much will He perceive in the acts of kindness to our fellow-believers and to the unsaved folks around us? We could go on and on, but you get the picture. You grasp the vast potential contained within the tiny offering.
How much of yourself are you ready to give? And are you giving it to the Lord? -Jim MacIntosh