THE WIDOW’S MITE

The spiritual truth of the sacrificial system is this: What God is receiving is neither payment nor bribe – He already owns the goat.  What He is receiving that He didn’t have before is the sacrifice of the goat.  It’s the hallowing of the goat through its sacrifice that’s added to God’s treasury.

There is one possession – one treasure – of which no one has more than anyone else: the hours of the day.  They are the true manna, our daily provision. 

When we spend our time – our daily provision – in prayer, we’re not adding the time to God’s treasury.  What we’re adding to God’s treasury – to God’s glory – is the hallowing of the time, something God, alone, could not produce.

That may, in fact, be the purpose of creation.

One suspects Jesus was aware of the time the widow spent in prayer.