Luke 21:1-4 – “Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the offering box, ² and he saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins. ³ And he said, “Truly, I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all of them. ⁴ For they all contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on.” LSB

Today, Luke 21 touched my heart as I read about the time Jesus sat and watched those giving into the temple’s treasury. The story is far more than money or possessions. It has a life application that is too often missed. What I heard in my heart was the “Spare Change Commitment.”

What could that possibly mean? Thanks for asking. This woman had two major struggles in her life. She was poor (needy) and a widow (alone, isolated, and unprotected). The rich had no lack; she had nothing but need.

The value God holds for us is seen in this account. The rich gave their spare change, whereas the widow gave everything. This is far more about commitment than money. She valued God more than life, and the rich gave Him a token (spare change).

Too often, we give God what we can spare (not just money). We give Him what does not significantly impact us, and we hardly know when it is gone. God is not looking for our spare change but our entire hearts. If we give God what we can spare without impacting us, that is what or how we will receive from Him.

If we give to God our ALL, He reciprocates in kind and gives us His ALL.  When we give God our Life, all our needs become His needs, and He has no lack.  Thus, He reaches into His treasury and meets the need. He has no needs, so our needs are supplied through His riches in glory. We are IN Him, and He is IN us; therefore, our needs or IN Him and IN Him is no lack.

Give God your all, not your spare change, and watch what God does. I pray that today, the LORD will help us make a total commitment to Him, give Him our ALL, and receive His ALL. Today is your day of victory because Jesus won the victory, and we are heirs of God and joint heirs with Jesus; we have won the victory, too!

May God go with you today and lead you into His fullness and peace!