Jesus amazed!

These verses made me do some thinking:



Mark 12:41-44

41 And Jesus sat down opposite the treasury and watched the people putting money into the offering box. Many rich people put in large sums. 42And a poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which make a penny. 43 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. 44 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 was watching folks give their offerings. Don't miss that point....Jesus is watching! All the rich folks put in large sums of money but they were rich and they were not giving more than they could afford. In other words they were giving comfortably and did not have to rely on God. Then a poor widow woman came along. All she had was two copper coins worth a penny. She gave it ALL! She was going to have to rely on God to get her through the week. Do you have that kind of faith? This impressed Jesus so much He uses it as a teaching point to the disciples.



Stop and think about this for a moment this morning....are we giving in all areas of our life showing our faith in Jesus?



Tom