Acts 20:34-35 -- On Giving

"Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me.
I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive."
Acts 20:34-35


I like Paul's message here, with the general idea that we should work to support ourselves as well as to help the people around us, and to put giving before recieving.

We often think about things that we want, and perhaps less so about the things that other people around us need or how we can help, so maybe that is a good thing to work on... thinking about, and praying about, how we can help others rather than focusing on how we can help ourselves. It isn't wrong to ask for the things that we desire from the Lord... he has asked us to do so, and to think about what we want, and work for those things. However, by stating that is is "more blessed" to give, God is reminding us of things that he has also said elsewhere... that we need to learn to be one, to lift up people in need and to give of our abundance.

Today, let's focus on how we can help and give to others, and talk to God about how to do good in the world around us, and what we can do to work for those ideals in our lives.