Hands in hands out

Sit down, naturally. what do your hands do naturally when you sit or when you stand? They lay palm in against your body. Now take your hands and twist them to hold palms up or out away form your body. Sit with your hand sin this position for 3 minutes..... Do your forearm muscles ache? mine do and I bet yours do as well. Our natural bent as humans is to sit this way, stand this way, act this way. Yes we act how we naturally stand and sit. we act with our hands to ourselves. We act about ourselves. Many of our actions are to us, inward me focused. Have you ever wondered why it is difficult to do something for someone else. Why it is hard to stop and help someone that you see in need. Why you go on working for yourself and your bank account and your savings and it is hard to tithe to church? Have you ever wondered why life is hard at times? It may be as easy as training the muscles. You see the more you do of something the easier it becomes. The more you sit with your hands open and palms up the easier it will become. The more you train your muscles the better they respond.
When we sit or stand with palms out, it is a sign of humility, a sign of emptiness. What position do beggars have their hands in? What is a beggar recognizing? They cannot do it on their own and they need help from other people. Yet we often walk right by them and think, get up do it yourself. When really they might have something to teach us about life. Jesus teaches that those who lose their life will save it those who die to self with live with Christ. The struggle in life could be as easy as a flip of the wrist. It could be just taking time to turn outward and recognize the need for help.