Numbers 18:27

"Handfuls of Purpose"

For All Gleaners

"And this your heave offering shall be reckoned unto you, as though it were the corn of the threshingfloor, and as the fulness of the winepress." Numbers 18:27 .

Thus does love magnify all human offerings. Love does not content itself with the letter, or with weights and measures; it looks at spiritual intention, and according to the purity and scope of that intention is its recognition. The two mites were valuable beyond gold because of the motive which prompted the gift. The cup of cold water is to be regarded as a cup of choice wine. The purpose of David to build the temple was accepted as if the temple had been actually built. Not the work of the hand which may be imperfect, but the purpose of the heart is recognised and accepted by the loving God. Interpret all the service of life in the light of this method, and see how the first may become last and the last may become first. Work is not to be estimated by mere bulk, but by the motive which constrained its performance. What is easy to one man may be difficult to another; it is easy to some men to give, to serve, and to pray; all these signs may be performed without their being spiritual miracles. He who has great ideas concerning the kingdom of Christ, but who cannot carry them out for want of strength or opportunity, will be accounted to have done the very things which he intended. Our life is what we most solemnly mean it to be. If any man can accept this suggestion as warranting release from toil and sacrifice, he is not entitled to the comfort and inspiration of this holy doctrine. The divine magnifying of our acts is never meant to discourage our efforts, but rather to increase and ennoble them. Many who are not now recognised as great workers may in the end be honoured with bright crowns.