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GIVING ALL TO JESUS
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8
Mark 12:41-44

John 12:20-26

 

“…she of her want did cast in

all that she had…”

 

GIVING ALL TO JESUS
 
In the temple, there were receptacles for people to put their monetary offerings to God. Jesus saw the rich throwing in a lot of money. Then there came a poor widow, and she dropped in two cents. Jesus told His disciples that this poor widow had given much more than all the rest. The rest gave out of their wealth, but she out of her poverty. Jesus revealed that she gave all that she had, her very last cent. She did not care that she would end up having nothing at all. She loved God and trusted in Him. She believed that the Lord would provide for her, and even if He did not, she would still give up all, even her life. Do we have such faith?
 
The Passover in Jerusalem was not only observed by Jews, but also by Greeks. These were Gentiles who had forsaken paganism to embrace Judaism. Non-Jews who worshipped Jehovah were either proselytes (circumcised) or God-fearers (uncircumcised). The Jews rejected Jesus, but the Greeks received Him gladly. Here we find them wanting to see Jesus to learn from Him. These are the other sheep that must be brought into the fold (John 10:16).
 
These Greeks, though worshippers of Jehovah, had to be ushered into the kingdom through the Gospel of Christ. In His parable on the corn of wheat, Jesus spoke of His coming humiliation and glorification. It is only when the seed dies that the life within it will sprout to become a fruitful plant. His death would result in life. Not only would Jesus live again after He died, others also will live if they die to themselves and live in Him. Jesus said, “He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.”
 
THOUGHT: If I want to live for Christ, I must die to self.

PRAYER: Father, I surrender all.

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