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Jesus Praises Her Attitude: Luke 21:1-4 “And He looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury, and He saw a certain poor widow putting in two mites. So He said, “truly I say to you that this poor widow has put in more than all’ for all these out of their abundance have put in offerings for God, but she out of her poverty put in all the livelihood she has.” (Luke 21:1-4). What a role-model for us! Here we see a person who gave freely. But she gave more than money; she gave her time and effort. She put in her “livelihood” (Luke 21:4) thus one can note her gift was given with the right attitude. This giving was prior to the establishment of the Church— for Christ had neither been buried, nor had he ascended (Acts 1:1-10). Nevertheless, this widow’s attitude is the same attitude we are to have today. When Christians give to the Lord, “as they have prospered” (1 Corinthians 16:2) it is a command. But just as much as Christians are commanded to give, they are also commanded to do so with the right attitude. Note 5 Biblical attitudes of Giving on the first day of the week. 1.) It is not to be some sort of obligation that is done with a grudge-filled attitude but it is to be done with a “cheerful” attitude(2 Corinthians 9:5). 2.) Giving is to be done with thinking and a prepared knowledge of the Gift, for giving is to be done “purpose-fully”(2 Corinthians 9:7). 3.) One is to give in accordance to what one has been blessed with, God does not say give a certain “X” percentage of funds, He says give in proportion to one’s personal financial ability (1 Corinthians16:2;2Corinthians 8:12-14). 4.) Giving is to be done willingly(2 Corinthians 8:12). 5.) “On the first day of the Week” (1Corinthians 16:2) tells us it is also to be done on Sundays. Many organizations guised under the auspices of the term “religion” take up collections at every single gathering, and do so, on any day of the week. This is simply a pursuit of funds and not a pursuit of the divine “first day of the week” only , Biblical pattern (1 Corinthians16:1-2). We all can be happy to give a portion of what we have to the Lord. Because we’re really not giving anything of our own, we are just returning a small portion of our monetary blessings back to the Lord, from whom every good and perfect blessing has originated from. (James 1:17, 1 Cor.16, 1 Cor. 9, Luke 21:1-4). By: J.R. Rosado |
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