TWO WIDOWS WITH A GIVEN HEART.

IOI CHRISTIAN MORNING MEAL

TOPIC: TWO WIDOWS WITH A GIVEN HEART.

I will Conclude our teaching of given by pointing two widow to us who trusted in God and in there want and lack still be a good giver. Me and you have no excuses.

1. THE WIDOW OF ZAREPHATH – (1 KINGS 17:7-14)

Don’t be afraid. Go make bread like you said, but make mine first (1 Kings 17:13).

This sounds rather selfish of Elijah, but Elijah represents the God of Israel. And the God of Israel and heaven and earth is sovereign – and to be obeyed. And as God’s representative, Elijah promises her a miracle – but she has to make his cake of bread first.

Now the woman has a decision to make. Do I divide my very last meal? This means that I and my son will not even have the hunger pains subside today – in the scant hope that something might be found tomorrow. It means the hunger starts today, not tomorrow.

Shall I do it, she had to wonder. This is a man of God, representing the living and true God. He has promised to provide miraculously for me. But do I really believe it? Do I believe it enough to give this man bread that leaves me hungry today?

She decides to trust God,

Let’s just make a few observations about this widow that might fit our situation:

1. She was a believer in the true God.
2. She had serious financial needs herself.
3. She was asked to give away a big part of the little she had.
4. She heard God’s promise to provide for her if she gave.
5. She believed God’s promise and first gave obediently to God.
6. God show His care by providing for her needs miraculously!

2. THE WIDOW AND JESUS AT THE TEMPLE – 30 AD

"Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings were put and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts. {42} But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only a fraction of a penny. {43} Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, "I tell you the truth, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others. {44} They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything--all she had to live on.” (Mark 12:41-44)

So on one hand what made her gift remarkable was how small it was. But ironically, what made her gift remarkable to Jesus was how large it was! What make this gift so large was that it was all the money she had.

This is how God views giving today. God always sees the sacrifice of giving. That’s where the worship of giving really happens. It costs. King David once said, I will not sacrifice a burnt offering that costs me nothing (1 Chronicles 21:24 ).

Again, let’s learn some basic lessons from this incident:

1. We are never too poor to give.
2. Giving generously means trusting God for the future.
3. God is honored by our degree of sacrifice, not the amount.
4. Giving is worship that expresses our relationship to God.

NOTE THIS..
"GIVING ESTABLISHES OUR HUMILITY BEFORE GOD"

Deuteronomy 26:8-10 describes how giving expresses humble dependence, "So the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, with great terror and with miraculous signs and wonders. {9} He brought us to this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey; {10} and now I bring the Firstfruits of the soil that you, O LORD, have given me." Place the basket before the LORD your God and bow down before him."

LET US PRAY
THIS WEEKEND MAY GOD GIVE YOU KEY THAT OPEN DIVINE TREASURY OF WEALTH IN JESUS NAME.

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