“I was thinking about how this might apply in a real Christian life and a few pictures came to mind.
First, imagine you have a very small view of God – that He’s not really mindful of your life, that He’s not really going to do anything on your behalf, that He’s far off or disinterested or cruel. In that sense, your measure is a tiny little thimble cup. Well, as you go to God’s word with that sort of measure, you’re not going to come back with much that can refresh you. It will be hard to fill up.
Or, perhaps someone falls into a theology that really makes man the center of everything – where you think the Bible is really about you being healthy all the time and wealthy all the time and living your best life now. That’s a measure full of holes. More like a sieve than a scoop. So when you go to God’s word, a lot of understanding is going to leak out.
Whereas if we come to God’s word in humility and surrender, acknowledging that we don’t know everything, we haven’t figured it all out, but we know God is the Supreme King and Creator and the Lover of our souls and that if we will go to His word, there we will find all we need for life and Godliness and that within it it reveals a God of grace and kindness and faithfulness – a God Who calls us and commands us but walks with us day by day – that kind of measure is one that can hold a great supply – one that can fill a life and refresh it and overflow to the lives around us.”
