Unlimited Measure

For He whom God has sent speaks the words of God; for He gives the Spirit without measure.

 

John 3:34

 

 

 

This is such a great promise that speaks of the unlimited nature of our God. He isn't sitting measuring how much of, or standing before scales calibrating the percentage of His Spirit He will pour out upon us—He gives without measure.

So, then, if God gives so freely, why is it that we can't seem to sense His presence in our lives on a daily and continual basis?

 

The answer lies not in doubting His desire to give or what He has already given, but in our willingness to receive. Like the desperate widow in 2 Kings 4 who was instructed by Elisha to bring "empty vessels" before him, which he continued to fill, so too must we bring ourselves each day to be filled to over flowing with the Holy Spirit which dwells within us.

 

Here, then, is a question we must ask ourselves, daily:

 
Are we willing and wanting to be filled to over flowing with the Holy Spirit—who again dwells in us—to be vessels that are not just ½ empty or ¾ empty but completely filled?