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Saturday, January 13, 2007

Bring A Big Pot

Given January 8, 2007
One day in a land far away, (maybe not so far), the King asks his servants to come to the palace to receive some blessings. He asks the people to bring a container to carry the blessings home in.

One family hears the good news and says, “We’ve got some really big needs so let’s take the biggest pot we have in the cupboard so we can take care of our family.” They go to the palace and get a pot full of blessings.

Another family hears the same news and says, “Sure we’ve got some needs but our neighbors are all worse off than we are, let’s take the truck so we can help them out.” They go to the palace and get a truck full of blessings and distribute them in their neighborhood. They kept the leftovers for themselves.

The next day, a big tractor trailer pulls up to their house stuffed full of blessings. They said, “What’s this? We got our blessings yesterday from the King at the palace.” The driver says, “Yeah, we know. But the King noticed how you gave your blessings to your neighbors and wanted to bless you some more. Where do you want us to put this?”

The only limit to our receiving blessings is the size of our pot. “Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again. Luke 6:38”.

And, the King notices what we do in secret and rewards us in public. “…and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. Matthew 6:6”.

Let's check the size of our giving pots.


posted by Bill Dotson @ 7:51 PM   2 comments

2 Comments:

At 12:40 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

That's a good message. I found myself thinking today how easy it is to be satisfied with the little that I do. Or rather, it's not very satisfying to do so little. I want his blessings to flow freely and spill over. I pray that this is true and that it is only my pride which objects to not being a superman.

 
At 2:37 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

"Let's check the size of our giving pots."

...continually. How much more valuable is the family who thanks God after Day 2 for giving them a brand new tractor trailer sized giving pot...

 

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