Jesus has crazy math skills
Remember that one time when I wrote that one blog about math?
Sorry about that… and for this…
One day in church, Pastor Fred was speaking on generosity (in his best King Julien voice, might I add).
And he read a passage from Mark. Now this message was not about math, there were very few specific numbers mentioned- much less any equations. But it hit me. Jesus has crazy math skills! So good that He didn’t even bother with equations and numbers and letters and algebra because dumb, puny humans brains would never comprehend it.
OK, so the passage… “Jesus sat near the Temple money box and watched the people put in their money. Many rich people gave large sums of money. Then a poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which were only worth a few cents.
Calling his followers to him, Jesus said, “I tell you the truth, this poor widow gave more than all those rich people. They gave only what they did not need. This woman is very poor, but she gave all she had; she gave all she had to live on.” “
So all of you are probably saying, “That’s not crazy math skills. That’s normal math! I can do that! Addition, ratio, percentage, blah blah blah!”
Read it again.
Jesus didn’t say, “Hey. You bougie boys put in $100 and she put in two cents. So if x and y aren’t equal and the remainder is divided by a sum of percent when multiplied by a tangent of a triangular variable geometry dividend circumference parenthesis degrees exponents confusion confusion…”
Let me repeat, He did not say that. No numbers. No math lectures.
Simply put, she gave more. Her two cents were worth more in the Kingdom of Heaven than all the coins anyone else put in.
Those rich people may have given 10% and that was probably a lot coming from a very large 100%. But she gave 100%.
And I believe that no matter what God puts on your heart to give to my ministry or to anyone- whether it’s two cents, $10, 15% or 100%- if it comes from a place of generosity and trust that God will use it in great ways for His purposes, it’s worth so much more than mere figures.
How do I have this faith in a math that people cannot figure? Well, I was never very good at math anyway.
