Please turn with me to Luke chapter 21 verses 1 to 4.

As he looked up, Jesus saw the rich putting their gifts into the temple treasury.

He also saw a poor widow putting in two very small copper coins.

Now that's an interpretation, not a translation. I'm going to

explain that in a minute. And Jesus continues, I tell you the truth, he said. This poor widow

has put in more than all of the others. All these people gave their gifts out of their wealth,

but she, out of her poverty, put in all she had to live on. Now, this was Passover time. It is a busy

time. The city of Jerusalem is wall to wall with people.

I mean, they are shoulder to shoulder. It was a ruckus to say the least during Passover time in Jerusalem.

The wealthy and the poor from all over the world came for a pilgrimage in Jerusalem.

The wealthy and the poor throughout the country of Israel, they came to Jerusalem.

And there at the treasury, in the temple, they placed 13 brass chests called trumpets.

Now, there's a reason why they call them trumpets is because they were shaped like an inverted horn or

trumpet, narrow at the top, but enlarged at the bottom. And this is how people would come and they put their

offerings in it. And because it's made with brass, they were designed that way. So these silver coins or the denieries and the shekels,

as they pour in, they make a ruckus. And everybody gets impressed of how much of this kind of noise

to get the maximum noise out of their giving. Remember this. Neither the widow nor the rich people

knew that Jesus was watching them. But, beloved, I want to tell you, we are too watched by Jesus.

He is watching every move, every conscious moment, and many times I have defined integrity, is doing the right

thing when nobody is watching you.

And that is exactly what was happening here.

You see, in our least conscious moments, we are being watched by Jesus.

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