![]() How do you like that image? How do you like this as a picture of God’s generosity and blessing on your life and as the life of the church? In those days you may go home holding your cloak as a container so that it can hold the rest of the grain. As you’re holding the container, it begins to run into your lap. The merchant is so interested in giving you grain that it actually begins to spill over. We then read that the grain is running over. In this case the merchant shakes that container so that everything settles so he can put even more in.īut he doesn’t stop there. Have you ever seen the label on a cereal box, “Contents may settle”? It’s so that you don’t complain that you got a half-empty box. He shakes the container to try to settle the grain so he can fit even more in. He presses the grain down in order to fit more in there. In this case, Jesus speaks of a merchant who gives you a good measure. But that’s not what happens in this case. They will fill your container almost to the top and hope that you will accept this and walk away. You give the merchant some money, and then you hold out your container to be filled with that grain that you’ve just purchased. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you.ĭid you catch that? The image is of someone going to the market to buy some grain. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. It’s found in Luke 6:37-38: Judge not, and you will not be judged condemn not, and you will not be condemned forgive, and you will be forgiven give, and it will be given to you. That’s a prayer that’s worth praying, and on this anniversary we’re asking God to bless the evangelistic impact of this church.Īs I prepared for this morning, I kept coming back to a passage of Scripture that speaks of overflow. In particular, your leaders are praying that God would bless the evangelistic ministry of this church so that people who are currently far from God become followers of Jesus Christ. It’s the prayer of your leaders that God would pour out his blessings on this church to such an extent that there isn’t enough room to hold all the blessings. ![]() This morning I want to ask you, individually and as a church: How full do you want God to fill your cup? Do you want God to fill up your cup leaving lots of empty space, or do you want God to fill up your cup right to the top? The reason I’m asking this is because the theme of this coming year for your church is overflow. I don’t even drink my coffee with milk in it, but I figured that I’d better get my money’s worth anyway. This time I didn’t, so I went over to the milk and filled the rest of the cup up with milk. Sometimes when this happens I have the gumption to ask them to fill it all the way up to the top. I drink my coffee black, so that inch of space at the top is wasted space. ![]() I may as well have ordered a smaller size, because that’s all I got. Not just a little room they’d left a good inch or so at the top. When it came to me, I looked in the cup and saw that they had left room for cream. Have you ever had this happen to you? I went to Starbucks recently and ordered a Venti decaf coffee. We pray that the best years of Wilmar Heights Baptist Church are still to come. We rejoice with you that God has been faithful these past 60 years, and we pray that God will continue to bless this church in the years to come. On behalf of the Executive of the Toronto Association of the Fellowship, congratulations on celebrating 60 years of ministry.
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