Acts 2:45

Nothing that I have is mine. Nothing that I own was truly bought with my own money. Nothing that I use is mine. Everything that I have is the Lords. I have recently realized that I have been very selfish with many things.  I want things to happen when I want them to. I didn’t realize this because I thought my time was best to get things done and accomplished. My problem is not that I collect many things. It’s that the things I have I need to be willing to share and give away because none of them are truly mine. The part of this verse that really touched me was “they gave to anyone who’s in need”. This doesn’t mean just giving to homeless people or folks that have just about nothing. I believe it means to share everything that you have with others. I have realized that at times I can be very stingy with my things. I think to myself “I made the money to buy this food so I don’t want to share because I need to make it last as long as I can.” This thinking is not that bad, but when I abuse it, that’s when I can get selfish with my things.

Application: Starting with today I am going to give things away to people who are in need. If my sister needs a shirt to match her new pants or something of that sort I will give her something of mine.