Money: How Much is Enough?
How much money is enough when you give to charity?
When considering gifts to God, that is a difficult question to answer. This is because God’s economy functions differently than ours. This is aptly illustrated in the following story:
Jesus notices the rich people giving gifts to the temple treasury.
Apparently, they would make a big show of this, to call attention to themselves and their “generosity.” (Think of dropping 100 pennies into the Salvation Army kettle at Christmas time, versus slipping in a dollar bill.)
After their loud and showy performance, a poor widow shuffles up and meekly drops in two pennies. We might wonder what two cents could do, but Jesus remarks that she was the most generous all, giving all that she had.
It seems that God is more concerned with our attitude about giving then he is with the amount that we give. That’s how things work in God’s economy.
[Read through the Bible with us this year. Today’s reading is Luke 19-21, and today’s post is on Luke 21:1-4.]
Read more about the book of Luke in That You May Know: A 40-Day Devotional Exploring the Life of Jesus from the Gospel of Luke, now available in e-book, paperback, and hardcover.
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