His and Yours

Exodus 20:15

On the basis of the stewardship of everything, we often note that we don’t really own anything. So along with being a matter of the maintenance of peace and order in a community-in-formation (or any community), the command reminds me that I need to respect that God entrusts certain things to you for your use and service, and to a great extent that is exclusively so. Presumably you are to share much of that, or even all of it in one way or another, but that is your decision, not mine.

If one of my kids gets a new gizmo with his ‘own’ money, and then asks if he has to share it with his brother, my answer is no, you don’t have to, but you are missing something if you don’t, and there’s something wrong that you would even ask the question.

Prayer:
Lord, let me see everything I have as belonging to you and everyone, respecting everything else as being used according to such wisdom as they would accept from you. Through Christ. Amen.