TUESDAY - Devotional

READ: Acts 2:42-47

(Answer the question/s below in your app notes)

• How did these new believers put God first and worship with their whole hearts? How can you worship with your life like this?

Little Luna was about three years old when she first learned the concept of sharing. And in typical toddler fashion, she saw the truth simply: when others don’t have enough, we share.

Luna’s parents were proud when she’d play in the living room with her cousins, graciously and maturely offering her toys to the others to make it fair. They smiled contently when she found five dollars in the park and suggested giving it to the little girls and boys who needed it.

A few weeks went by, and Luna’s parents noticed something peculiar. Luna became ravenous. She asked for a snack every hour, it seemed. “She’s a growing girl,” her dad shrugged. But Luna’s mom suspected something was off. So that night at dinner, instead of telling stories around the dinner table of workplace shenanigans and fairy tales for Luna, Mom watched her little girl like a hawk.

Luna picked at her peas and tofu squares until dinner was over. Mom was about to ask Luna if she wasn’t hungry when she saw her little girl quietly lower her plate and hover it right above the floor. Mom squatted to investigate and saw Max, the dog, happily lapping up Luna’s dinner.

“Luna!” Mom cried. “What are you doing?” “Max is hungry, Mom!” The toddler’s eyes shot up emphatically. “He seems to need food more than I do, so I’m sharing.”

The early church (more or less) lived by this philosophy as well. The Bible says that they “sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need.” When we give, we like to overcomplicate with deciding who is worthy of our charity—do they really deserve it? But the Bible makes it easy enough for a child to grasp: we are to take care of the needy among us—period. We are God’s hands and feet, so let’s give to those who are in need without asking too many questions.