The significance of the small is throughout Scripture!
As I wrote yesterday, Jesus expressed this very Truth as He watched offerings being placed in the offering box in the Temple.
Jesus observed and spoke in Mark chapter 12:
41 Then Jesus sat down near the offering box, watching all the people dropping in their coins. Many of the rich would put in very large sums,
42 but a destitute widow walked up and dropped in two small copper coins, worth less than a penny.
43 Jesus called His disciples to gather around and then said to them, “I tell you the Truth, this poor widow has given a larger offering than any of the wealthy.
44 For the rich only gave out of their surplus, but she sacrificed out of her poverty and gave to God all that she had to live on, which was everything she had.”
Her offering was of much greater quality. Why? Jesus isn’t impressed by external abundance if it is not associated with purpose. Many wealthy men and women give in order to get their name on a building. I have been around a few of them, and their egos were the purpose behind their giving. That is the essence of their reward.
Unless we have the adjustments of the source of our purpose made in our heart, we can’t be trusted with the measure He would like to entrust us with.
Jesus sees things different. He gives us the warning in Scripture, don’t despise the day of small beginnings. Why? Heaven sees moments such as the widow’s offering different than we do. If you give a dollar with the right purpose, it is greater than the one who gives a thousand dollars with the wrong intent.
Jesus spoke in John chapter 7:
37 On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink.
38 He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart ( his innermost being) will flow rivers of Living Water.”
39 But this He spoke concerning the Spirit, Whom those believing in Him would receive; for the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.
One drink becomes a river of Living Water!
It is recorded by The Holy Spirit in Isaiah chapter 44:
3 I will pour refreshing water on the thirsty and streams on the dry ground. I will pour out My Spirit on your children, My blessing upon your descendants.
FATHER invites us to an abundant life in Isaiah chapter 55:
1 “Listen! Are you thirsty for more? Come to the refreshing waters and drink. Even if you have no money, come, buy, and eat. Yes, come and buy all the wine and milk you desire—it won’t cost a thing.
2 Why spend your hard-earned money on something that can’t nourish you or work so hard for something that can’t satisfy? So listen carefully to Me and you’ll enjoy a sumptuous feast, delighting in the finest of food.
3 Pay attention and come closer to Me, and hear, that your total being may flourish. I will enter into an everlasting covenant with you, and I will show you the same faithful Love that I showed David.
The key to flourishing is to listen carefully and respond without delay. FATHER desires for us to be closer to HIM and take on HIS Nature. If you ask HIM for an oak tree and HE gives you an acorn, plant it, water in, and be thankful for it. If you give to others with the right intent, FATHER will bless you with greater resources.
Jesus illustrated this Truth when the disciples asked Him to increase their faith in Luke chapter 17:
5 Upon hearing this, the apostles said to Jesus, “Lord, you must increase our measure of faith!”
6 Jesus responded, “If you have even the smallest measure of faith (as a mustard seed), it would be powerful enough to say to this large tree, ‘My faith will pull you up by the roots and throw you into the sea,’ and it will respond to your faith and obey you.”
The significance of the impact of faith was not seen in its size; it was seen in its quality.