This is another writing done by my wife Kelly. I thank the Lord for bringing us together. She is an empathetic, caring partner in this life. She is my best friend. I praise the Lord for her love and care in both ministry and our family life.
Sometimes I feel like I don’t know anything. The Word of God is filled with so much. It’s bottomless. One evening I was talking to a dear friend. We discussed just how much we desire to study God’s Word and be filled, but there just isn’t enough hours to do as much studying as we’d like. Many of us can relate to feeling overwhelmed with an endless to-do list. At the end of the day, it seems like it just wasn’t long enough. A nursing mother. A working husband. A student with a stack of schoolbooks. A looming deadline. We are pulled in so many different directions. Frustration may begin to rise within. Sometimes it feels as if we’ve wasted our day with mindless, meaningless tasks. At the end of the day we are unable to dig into the Word as much as we wanted. But take heart! Our Father sees. He knows the desire of our hearts. If we truly hunger and thirst for His Word, He knows. We are so bound to time and schedules, but remember the Lord is not as concerned with quantity as He looks at quality.
Some days, some seasons, we don’t have as much to give. That is no excuse not to give at all. If we give Him what we have, with all of our heart, He will bring the increase. There are many Biblical examples of this concept. Take for example the young boy who came before Jesus with his little lunch. He didn’t have much, but he came whole heartedly and gave it to Jesus. (John 6)
The widow who was financially poor. How could it be that Jesus responded, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others. They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything—all she had to live on.” (Mark 12:41-44)
Isn’t it encouraging to see that the Lord’s economy is different than ours? It’s only natural to think that the more time we give, the harder we study, the more we push ourselves, the more we strive, then the smarter we will be, the more holy we will be… But if we give Him what we have, with all of our heart, no matter how big it is, no matter how long it is, no matter how intelligent we perceive it to be, it is He who will bring the increase. If we humble ourselves and take the time to seek Him with our whole heart, He will draw near to us. (James 4:8, Jeremiah 29:12-14, James 4:10). He will do a great work with our little gift. All that we have to do is give Him our everything.
- Kelly
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