"God doesn't actually need my broke college student twenty dollars anyway."
How it sounds in your head: My little amount won't make a difference to an infinite God or even to the church budget. It's basically nothing. Why bother when it won't even be noticed?
"So He called His disciples to Himself and said to them, 'Assuredly, I say to you that this poor widow has put in more than all those who have given to the treasury; for they all put in out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty put in all that she had, her whole livelihood.'"
-- Mark 12:43-44Source: Enemy's whisper that small offerings are insignificant and God measures like humans measure.
The church has a multi-million dollar budget and God owns everything—my $20 is statistically meaningless. Feels like throwing pennies in the ocean.
A kid brought five small loaves and two fish to Jesus—nothing compared to the need of 5,000 men plus women and children. Jesus took the insignificant lunch, blessed it, and fed the entire crowd with twelve baskets left over.
I REFUSE the lie that my small offering is insignificant. IT IS WRITTEN that Jesus celebrated the widow's two coins more than the rich men's fortunes because she gave from her heart, not her abundance. My $20 isn't measured by earth's economy but by heaven's value system. IT IS WRITTEN that a boy's lunch fed thousands when placed in Jesus' hands. I don't give what I can spare—I give in worship, and my Father multiplies what I surrender. The BARAK that made Abraham wealthy from nothing is on my life, and small seeds in God's hands become forests.
Your Father isn't looking at the amount on the check—He's looking at the trust in your heart. While you're apologizing for the smallness, He's calling angels over saying 'Watch what I'm about to do with this seed of faith.'