MINE! That’s MINE! Some of the first words that kids learn. Everything… “Mine.” People argue that when babies are born they are innocent and sweet. Whatever! Those people don’t know the babies I know.
In Kindergarten they teach you to share. It doesn’t come naturally. It’s all about Me. Mine. We are born selfish, and it gets worse from there.
Do something right now. Real quick, where you are, look around and see the things that are yours. If you are not in your room and can’t get there to see your stuff, then visualize. Look at the stuff that is yours. Jot down a few of those things.
What do you own? What are some things that are yours?
THE WORD
Check out Mathew 6:19-24.
We try to get more and more stuff. The latest, the coolest, the best. First of all, it’s not ours. Nothing in this world is really ours. We may have it with is at the moment, but the Word says we are worried about collecting a bunch of junk. Second, it says that if we want to have a bunch of things, those things start to control us. We spend our time trying to get more, or we’re worried that someone else will take what we have. We forget about God.
The Word tells us to store up things in heaven. How? The things we are doing here in The Hardest Days are trying to teach us how to do that. We live the Word. All of it.
LIFE LINK!
And He said to them, “Take heed and beware of covetousness, for one’s life does no consist in the abundance of things he possesses.”
(Luke 12:15)
THE THING.
What are some things that are really valuable to you? Not expensive, but things that you hate to even think about giving up. It could be a shirt, a stuffed animal, a football, a poster, whatever. Look around. Ask God to show you things that you have that you can’t dream of losing.
Now, this may hurt: give it away! That’s right, give it away. Whatever you thing was, find someone to give it to. (Don’t go back and changer your thing now. Don’t be a pansy.) If it was a shirt, wrap it up, and give it away. If it was a childhood toy, same thing, find a kid to give it to. Ask if you need help.
Give Away Rules:
1. It has to be something that is YOURS. Don’t give away a TV that belongs to your parents or a shirt that belongs to your sister.
2. Make sure that it is valuable to you! Not in $$$ but something you have a bond with. It can’t be some blah thing that you think is just okay. It has to be something you really like.
3. Let it be a secret. Don’t tell the person that it was you. Somehow, give ‘em the gift and keep it on the down low.
Think about what is happening here. The real deal.
· How do you reel about giving up something you really like?
· What do you think about losing this thing?
· How do you think the person who ends up with your stuff will feel?
One more little sideling about the give-away. If possible, make it a top-secret mission. Don’t let the person know where it came from or why they got it. Just do it. Don’t tell a bunch of people, and if you give a shirt to someone that needs it in your school and they wear it, DO NOT tell your friends, “Hey look, he’s wearing that shirt I gave him.” Don’t be a dork like that. Keep it a secret. Today isn’t about the other person getting something.
It is about you letting go.
So let’s break it down.
1. Find something that is important to you
2. Search for someone or some organization to give it to.
3. Give it away.
It’s that easy. And it’s that hard! But hey, it’s not your anyway. So give it up.
WHATEVER YOU CAN’T GIVE UP CONTROLS YOU.
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