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Mark 12:41 Now Jesus sat opposite the treasury and saw how the people put money into the treasury. And many who were rich put in much. 42 Then one poor widow came and threw in two mites, which make a quadrans. 43 So He called His disciples to Himself and said to them, “Assuredly, I say to you that this poor widow has put in more than all those who have given to the treasury; 44 for they all put in out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty put in all that she had, her whole livelihood.”

There is much you could say about the story of the widow’s mites but it really all boils down to intent.  Do you give out of duty or do you give out of Love or intent.  There have been many denominations to promote the duty of giving thus they have their reward.  But when you give because you heard Our Heavenly Father’s Word to give and, out of your Love for HIM, your reward comes from Heaven.

The “widow’s mites” story is also presented in Luke 21.  In both cases, the next topic of discussion was the destruction of the Temple.  Jesus focused on the intent of the people’s heart through His observation of their giving.  This is why I have mentioned in the past to simply look at your checkbook: it reflects your intent, your direction, and your focus.  Fleshly, self-serving intent will ultimately bring forth destruction.

In the Book of Job, his friends reason with him about why he is being punished.  Speech after speech, they come up with their own ideas of why his life is in such a mess.  Finally in Chapter 38, The LORD Reveals His Omnipotence to Job be posing the “who’s, what’s and wherefore’s” to Job.  Our Heavenly Father brings up one aspect of a treasury:

22 ​​“Have you entered the treasury of snow,

​​Or have you seen the treasury of hail,

23 ​​Which I have reserved for the time of trouble,

​​For the day of battle and war?

Snow represents revelation in Scripture.  Hail represents truth.  If one is called to be a “treasurer”, wouldn’t the greatest treasury to receive and administer and distribute be truth and revelation?  Doesn’t truth and revelation direct you to Redemption and Divine Nature?  Silver represents “redemption” in Scripture.  Gold represents “Divine Nature”.  The treasury deals in all three realms: spirit, soul, and body.

Our Heavenly Father speaks of HIS treasure in the Blessings on Obedience toward the children of Israel “Now it shall come to pass, if you diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God, to observe carefully all His commandments which I command you today”;

Deuteronomy 28:12 “The LORD will open to you His good treasure, the heavens, to give the rain to your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand. You shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow.

If you are a farmer, rain is a treasure.  If you are a carpenter, the skillful work of your hand is a treasure.  Our gifts and our callings are treasures.  The treasury could be a depository for gifts and callings to be deployed in the future, based on specific directions by Our Heavenly Father.  This treasury could even be a “database” of those gifts and callings awaiting deployment.  Could this be one reason HE had us create the infrastructure of www.unity153.net?  Maybe a treasurer’s office isn’t just about money.  Solomon sought wisdom.  Gold and silver in the treasury was a by product, not the focus.  The revelation of Love, the cornerstone that holds up all of creation, is the real treasure, and that is the treasury I seek to administer.  All the other pillars of Wisdom are measured and placed in position relative to this cornerstone.  Love has a greater value to a treasury than anything else that could be deposited for safekeeping.

Why do we need a court system?  It is because unconditional Love does not prevail in the hearts of men.  With some, phileō love, the conditional love resides in their hearts.  With most, fleshly love prevails.

If men are in unity, they don’t need a court to decide their differences.  They have wisdom which makes each of them teachable and correctible.  One or both lack the understanding and knowledge to resolve the difference.  By wisdom and understanding the difference is resolved.  They don’t need another man to settle the matter.  As a matter of fact, if they both walk in unconditional Love, a difference can hardly take place, if at all.

The hardness of men’s hearts prevents them from receiving wisdom and understanding.  Preceding wisdom is Love.  It prepares the heart for wisdom.  Moses was called to convey the Law to the children of Israel in the Wilderness.  Why?  They did not want to hear the voice of Our Heavenly Father.  They wanted a man to be their advocate, thus began the court system.  The need for 613 commandments and statutes arose because of the hardness of their hearts.  They could not receive wisdom from Above.  This “hardness” produces division.  Division promotes bitterness, envy, and strife.  When Love is gone, scarcity prevails.  This then causes men to try to take someone else’s resources through the court system, often by misrepresentation of the Truth.  At the family level, the hardness of the heart produces divorce.  If a husband and wife are not in unity, the process of separation proceeds and produces its own fruit, divorce.  Jesus had a “corrective” interview with the Pharisees:

Matthew 19:8 He said to them, “Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, permitted you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so.

We must ask ourselves the following question, “Am I promoting unity or division?”.  Depending on your answer, there might need to be some “hardness” to deal with.

To take part in the construction of the Living Temple for Our Heavenly Father to dwell in requires four attributes: wisdom, understanding, knowledge, and skill.  This is first found in Exodus 31:

1 Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying: 2 “See, I have called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah. 3 And I have filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship

The name “Bezalel” means “in the shadow (i.e. protection) of God" (H1212).

The Spirit of God has within its attributes: wisdom, understanding, knowledge, and workmanship (skills for service).  First on the list is wisdom.  Wisdom means to be teachable and willing to be corrected. 

A wise man knows his current level of understanding and knowledge is limited and is willing to set aside his current doctrine to receive a higher level of understanding and knowledge.  He is interested in ascending upward to the “ways” of Our Heavenly Father.  Once you realize there is more to life than the Passover revelation, you seek the next level: Pentecost.  Once there, you realize there is even a greater revelation: Tabernacles.  When we finally realize that our doctrine is subject to change based on new understanding and that in this life we need to stay in a teachable state and be willing to be corrected, we have become wise.

Understanding is our comprehension of Our Heavenly Father’s ways, methods, plan, laws, and character.

Psalm 103:7  He made known His ways to Moses, His acts to the children of Israel.

Moses had understanding, the children of Israel did not.  Without understanding, your heart is hardened.  You cannot come into unity with Our Heavenly Father unless you have understanding.  In business, it is the difference between being trained and educated.  If a person know why something works, he can do a better job than one who only is trained how to operate.  “Why” is critical in the Kingdom.

A wise man will increase in understanding because he is willing to be corrected even though past truths seemed to be set in stone.  He acknowledges there may be higher laws that supersede the laws he currently understands.  Jesus walked on water by a higher law than gravity.  He understood the higher law, Peter did not.  Neither did the other disciples.

Once you have wisdom and understanding, true knowledge comes forth.  Knowledge prepares you for action.  Skill is the success of knowledge in action.  Skill produces good fruit in a person’s calling.  Skill is obtained through maturity of practicing knowledge through your actions.  You cannot become skillful by doing nothing.  Workmanship has “work” at its root.  We must labor to become skillful.  A master craftsman is who you want when a critical job is at hand.

Love is the highest form of walking In HIS Shadow.  Do you want to become skilled in Love?  Become teachable and correctible.  Assume you don’t know everything.  Be willing to set aside your current “doctrine” and allow HIM to bring you up to a higher level.  Let your labor of Love become a mature aspect of your character.  You will be walking in the shadow (protection) of Our Heavenly Father.