Reading
SAA Notes
Verses 26,27 form a wonderful answer by Jesus. These words also give the lie to the false belief of soul-sleep – that you cease to be, to live, at death and remain so until the resurrection. God is the God of the living – and Abraham and other Patriarchs were all physically dead!
SJA Notes
* Dear Lord God, Your word is what we need. Please teach us today.
“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.”
There is a very real truth here of the open-hearted giving that Paul speaks of in 2 Corinthians, not reluctantly or under compulsion, a cheerful giver.
But there is also COST and SELF-UNDERSTANDING involved.
The woman gave all that she had. From an earthly perspective it is hard to understand why you would do that. But the woman had obviously considered the cost and chosen to put her trust in the Lord rather than the things of this world.
And the woman gave out of her poverty. Our own state before the Lord is one of having nothing of note, nothing of worth in ourselves – It is only Him at work in us, His love and faithfulness, His Spirit writing His word on our hearts.
We too are to give all we have to the Lord with an open heart from out of our humble estate.
* Holy God,
There is none like You.
Please help us offer up our very selves as living sacrifices, and may these offerings be holy and acceptable to You.
Amen.