LANDS AND HOUSES SHARED WITH ALL - Devotional

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Tuesday, May 15

Acts 4:32-37

*LANDS AND HOUSES SHARED WITH ALL*

“ _All the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of their possessions was their own, but they shared everything they had_ ”. Acts 4:32, NIV

Whenever we read about the lifestyle of the early believers, we wonder if it is still possible today. A community where no one laid claim to any property, everything belongs to everybody. The burden of one becomes the burden of all. This was possible because “all believers were one in heart and mind”. The believers were united under the Spirit of god. One major reason for greed and excessive love for possession today even in the house of God is lack of genuine conversion. Many of us are still struggling with what to offer in church because we love our possessions more than God and fellow believers.
There are still many poor people in the midst of plenty in the house of God. If what we have in the church is shared faithfully among brethren, the level of poverty would reduce drastically among believers. What are you hoarding or holding to tightly that can bring relieve to a fellow believer? What are those things in your house, store or wardrobe that can feed, clothe or comfort other believers? Can you consider releasing them? Can God use you to start this kind of ministry in your church, if you do onto have it before? It is our Christian obligation to share what God has given us with other believers.

*Birthday Blessing:* “I will take away sickness from among you”. Exodus 23:25

*RBT Passage:* Numbers 24; Psalms 66-67; Isaiah 14; 1 Peter 1.

“He who rejects the teaching of the Lord will receive the troubles of the devil…”. –Femi Okunlola