Have you ever thought about the significance of an opened hand?

We do so many things with our hands. We can Help or Hurt with them...Comfort or Condemn. Applaud or Assault...Praise or Punish. We do countless things all day long with our hands by touching and reaching out, but what really should we use them for?

If we choose to walk around in life with them closed, we limit our effectiveness in the world and to others. If our fist are constantly balled up no one can place anything in it or receive anything out of it.

Being selfish and stingy deprives us from sharing the best of ourselves with others...Some of us have learned this traits over the years through being taken advantage of by family & friends or bad relationships.....There are plenty of opportunist and takers in the world whose intent is to rob and steal...They're fate is never favorable in the long run because sooner or later they will reap what they have sown.

When we choose to walk around with an opened hand, we are more prone to share what we have, be more generous and giving. Give and it shall be given back to you....Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over shall men POUR INTO your bosom. Now that is what happens with an open hand.....

Now your argument could be, what if someone comes by and steals what's in my hand? Well, if your hand was opened you already had made up in your mind you was going to be a blessing with it anyway...perhaps the one who took it needed it more than the one you where going to give it to....hummm I'm sure that's up for debate.

Always give thanks in all things....If God blessed you with the resources to get it once, He is well able to replenish it again....He works in multiplication not subtraction....We loose things all the time. Should we fault God or laugh at our own absentmindedness?

If we seriously look at what transpires in the open hand policy, we would be amazed at how involved we are in the true act of giving.

When something is taken out of it, you now have room to receive into it.... If there is no space to receive you maybe overlooked....If your heart isn't opened to receive a mate, that person will walk right by you because you're closed.

This works in every area of our life...closed minded...NO VISION and where there is NO VISION or insight the people perish....Growth is essential to progressing and functioning in today's society........

I can't shake your hand when it's closed....I can't welcome you with a hug, when your arms are folded....I can't place a gift in your hands if you won't reach for it....

A lot of us don't received answered prayers because we won't truly open up to God...Open our mouths and cry out to Him or surrender to His Lordship....We hold back, because of this reason and that....We like to look good and impress others....but we don't want to look desperate or fall apart in front of other...because after all...what would THEY THINK...

It's our perception or fear of what someone will think or say that hinders a lot of us from really being blessed in this world....Of course, with all of the things going on in the world today, everyone is trying to hold on to the little bit of something they have left....but ain't it funny no matter how tight we think we are holding on to it...there is something out there that causes us to loosen our grip to give it up...

We are only stewards over these things we temporarily have in our possessions while we're on earth...When we leave here, they stay here....We no longer own them or have rights over them.

Which brings me back to the subject. Wouldn't life be less stressful if we learned how to walk around with an OPEN HAND? You might be surprised by the people in the world who are looking to be a blessing to someone with an OPEN HAND.

This could be your opportunity to do something charitable in your office, church or community for someone you don't know....be it anonymous or known....kindness is contagious around the world....

Ask the Lord to use you in a special way today and show Him you're serious when you,
"OPEN YOUR HANDS!"