another fundamental principle that stuck in my mind after another co-worker shared this during staff devotions. It has to do with the principle of hospitality.
Simply put - if I have a thirst and want to have a drink, it seems most probably the guy next to me also have a thirst and wants to have a drink too. So if I'm can get myself a drink to satisfy my thirst, I should get my fellow thirsty person a drink as well, so that his thirst can be slaked as well.
Same with our daily devotions and lessons gleaned in the Lord - we should not sting or hold back God's wisdom for ourselves only, while our fellow men are thirsting for the truth. If you see a fellow person searching, guide him or her to God's truth, in His wisdom.
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You gave your good Spirit to instruct them. You did not withhold your manna from their mouths, and you gave them water for their thirst. - Nehemiah 9:20 (NIV)
(read also Matthew 25:31-46)
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