Learning to Share

"And all that believed were together; and had all things common; And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need. And they continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart, Praising God, and having favour with all the people, And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved." Acts 2:44-47

What is sharing? It is defined as a verb : use together, enjoy together; have in common. 2. divide in parts, each taking a part.

The is not the definition that many of us learning growing up. If we wanted to play with a toy and someone else wanted the same toy we were told by our parents or an adult to share. Which meant that we had to give the other person the toy and we had to wait for another opportunity to play with it.

"Sharing" by that definition is torture for any child. The problem is that was we grow up we never learned how to share the right way so we never enjoy it. We don't like to "share the spotlight" with our siblings. We take ownership for everything we get and it is our entitlement. No one deserves our stuff we earned it. So why should we share anything with people that don't deserve it?

When we share we don't lose anything but we gain everything. We allow our possessions to meet the needs of others as their possessions meet the needs of us. We enjoy everything together. When we receive Jesus not religion our hearts are open to sharing the gospel to the world. We are concerned about meeting the needs of His people and we are not self centered but allow God to be our center. He allows us to share His love to others. He imparts His goodness into the lives of the lost and He redeems them with open hands.

Everything that we need is in Him but we must let go of our selfish ways and allow God to teach us how to share with our neighbors. We must love those that God connects us to so that His love can save and fill the hearts of the needy.

Sharing is not grievous it is brings joy, it brings life and unity. We need each other. There is something in you that I need as there is something in me that you need. We must humble ourselves and allow God to place what we need into our hands. Learning to share takes humility there is no pride in sharing. No matter how much you have means nothing it you are the only one benefiting from it. When we open our hearts to God. He opens our hands to His people. God bless you.