“Question: How Much More Could I Have Done? 問題：我能做得更多吗？“（Mark 馬可福音 12:41-44）
Jesus … watched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts. But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only a few pence. … Jesus said, ‘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.’
耶穌 … 看著大家怎樣把錢投入庫中。許多有錢的人投入很多的錢。後來，有一個窮寡婦來投入了兩個小錢，就是一個銅錢。耶穌 … 說：“我實在告訴你們，這窮寡婦投入庫裡的，比眾人投的更多。因為他們都是把自己剩餘的投入，這寡婦是自己不足，卻把她一切所有的，就是全部養生的，都投進去了。”
Before Christ’s judgment seat, our service as Christians will be judged by how much we could have done as well as our giving is measured by how much we had left after making our gift and how much of us there is in it. No one gives at all until one has given all! No one gives anything acceptable to God until one has first given oneself in love and sacrifice. Indeed Christ did not live a normal life. He sacrificed many pure enjoyments to give Himself to the holy work of moral rescue. His conduct was determined not by what was legitimate or innocent, but by our human need. He pleased not Himself but lived for the emergency; and as He was, so are we in this world!
在基督的審判座前，我們作為基督徒的事奉將要按著我們已能作的受審判，並且我們所奉獻的，是按我們獻上之後，還餘下多少，與及根據其中包含多少成分的我們來衡量。人若沒有全然獻上，他根本就沒有奉獻！除非他先在愛和犧牲裡奉獻自己，否則他所獻上的都不被神悅納。基督可是沒有過著正常的生活，祂犧牲了許多純粹的享受，為的是獻上自己，從事拯救淪亡的神聖工作。祂行事的準則不是依據那些事情是否合法、無罪，而是視乎人的需要而定。祂不討自己的喜悅，卻為著世界的危難而活；我們在世上也應效法祂！
Prayer: Dear Lord Jesus, you are more interested in how we give than in how much we give. You look more at motive and heart, giving in a way that does not call attention to our giving. Thank you for reminding us that the value of a gift is determined by what it costs the giver. It is our privilege to give to you, and we need to give because it is good for us, not because it is good for you. Whatever we give sacrificially to you, you see it and are pleased. Amen.
禱告：親愛的主耶穌，你對我們如何奉獻比奉獻多少更感興趣；你更關注動機和內心，以不引起人對我們所奉獻的關注來奉獻。感謝你提醒我們，禮物的價值是由奉獻者所付出的代價決定的。我們能奉獻是我們的特權，我們需要奉獻是因為這對我們有好處，而不是因為這對你有好處。凡我們犧牲地奉獻給你的，你都看見了，並且喜悅。阿們。
