Counselors often encourage lonely people to share of themselves with others because sharing benefits the giver as well as the receiver. When individuals reach out and befriend someone else they often find they are helped themselves. Similarly, when those who struggle with finances and never have enough to pay their bills start to give some of their money away, it often has a transforming effect on the management of their finances.

You see, the best way to solve our problems is to share with others whose problems are bigger than ours.

These things may imply that sharing is beneficial for selfish reasons – that we should share so we can get something in return. But I would like to suggest an even better reason to share of ourselves and our finances – and that’s so that we can be like Jesus!