No Stealing, Just Sharing

DEVOTION
EPHESIANS
NO STEALING, JUST SHARING
Eph 4:28
28 He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing something useful with his own hands, that he may have something to share with those in need.
NIV
What am I doing with this verse, this thought? I don’t steal, not to say I didn’t ever because I remember as a child stealing little metal cars from the Franklin five and dime store. I think I was like in forth of fifth grade by then. But I don’t think this is dealing with that kind of thief but rather stealing from society, from the body of Christ. I believe if I were not doing something productive in the body, for the body, than I would be stealing from the body. To just sit and soak, just attend church so to speak would be a form of thief. Much of other scripture deals with being a part of the body of Christ, each having a function in serving the others. Having something to share with those in need is in fact being that part of the body of Christ. I believe I cannot be one of those sit and soakers. I believe I have to be a part and in so always involved working, doing something, being active in serving in some way the other members. I have a difficult time even joining a small group if I am not the leader. I have to be doing, not just sitting. I do go to a Sunday school class that I do not lead, but it an active participation class, where most everyone has something to share for the benefit of all. This is how I think it should be. I believe I must be useful. I believe, although I write this devotion in hopes of growth in my own life, I think in posting my devotions like this on my blog is sharing with others my thoughts and feeling in hopes whoever reads them will be able to glean a ray of truth for their own life. I am not stealing from them in that sense, but sharing. True, this might be talking about the physical stealing no longer and being an active part of society, gainfully employed making money so as to be able to give to the less fortunate. But if I am to do that, so are they. The real need in a person life is the Gospel, the truth, the Word of God. This I believe is how I would be stealing if I did not share these with others.