use what is ours for ourselves. We spend the first several years of

children’s lives teaching them to share. We never have to teach them to

be protective of what is theirs. We do get better at sharing, but we

also get better at hiding the fact that we aren’t sharing. As adults, we

can be quite possessive of that which we deem is rightfully ours –

especially our attention, actions, and money. But the whole of scripture

is pretty clear, everything we have that we call “ours” is actually a

gift from God. And what’s more, God didn’t give it to us so we can use

it on ourselves. As followers of God, we are supposed to use all of our

resources for the benefit of others. Jesus is the clearest example as

his life is an embodiment of the expression, “What’s Mine Is Yours.”