5月8日
愿意分享
“信的人都在一处，凡物公用， 并且卖了田产、家业，照各人所需用的分给各人。”
使徒行传 2:44-45
在你上幼儿园的时候，你是否曾经冲着其他小朋友大喊：那是我的！（希望这只是你五岁时才发生的事，而不是上周你在做义工的时候！）很遗憾，这些话尤其是说这些话时的态度，反映了人类生来就是多么的自私，即使是我们中间最纯洁的人也不免有自私的倾向。我们幼小、纯全的心灵从来没有离开自私自利的诱惑和挑战。幼儿园里孩子们争抢玩具的镜头，就像系列电影《饥饿游戏》里的丰饶角中的画面一样（补给供应时的争抢镜头）。如果小朋友们都愿意分享，幼儿园的生活就会更加充满乐趣了。我们更喜欢听到的是：“来，你想一起玩吗？” 而不是：“你不可以玩那个！” 或者 “去玩你自己的！”
初代教会很了不起。他们愿意分享，而且越来越多地分享。他们每个人都慷慨分享，凡物共用，按需分配。耶稣就是他们拥有的一切，他们再也不需要拥有其他的东西。我们之所以愿意无私地与人分享，是因为上帝也是这样将祂的恩典白白地赐给我们。
今日祷告：
主耶稣，让我今天更加慷慨，帮助我抵御贪欲之心。阿们。
May 8 – Share
And all the believers met together in one place and shared everything they had. They sold their property and possessions and shared the money with those in need.
A C T S 2 : 4 4 – 4 5
“That’s mine!” Did you ever yell these words to some kid in your preschool? (Hopefully this only happened when you were five, and not when you were volunteering last week!) Those words, and more so the attitude those words reveal, are a sorry revelation of how even the most pure-hearted among us struggles with humanity’s tendency toward selfishness. With all those kids fighting for their preferred toy, preschool play time can look like the Cornucopia in The Hunger Games. Life is much more fun for preschoolers when an attitude of sharing prevails. “Here, would you like to play?” sounds so much more freeing than “You can’t have that!” or “Get your own!”
The early church was amazing at playtime. They shared. And then they shared some more. There was so much sharing going on that everyone had everything they needed. Jesus had gotten such a hold of their lives that they felt they didn’t need to hold onto anything else. The presence of God’s grace in our hearts causes us to be a people who share what has so freely been given to us.
Pray for the Day:
Lord Jesus, make me more generous today. Help me fight the urge to possess and then to possess more. Amen.
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