“Pay attention to what you hear: with the measure you use, it will be measured to you, and still more will be added to you.” Mark 4:24 (ESV)
This is a wonderful promise to those of us who teach and sow God’s word; as we pour into others, He pours into us. One of the greatest blessings I have received from writing daily devotions is a fresh and powerful understanding of God’s Word. It doesn’t come naturally (nor before my morning cup of caffeine), but I have discovered that when I begin my morning devotions asking God to speak to my heart, to give me a word to pass on to others, He opens my mind to a greater understanding of Scripture.
“Our Lord’s meaning is clearly this: If you freely and plentifully communicate and preach my doctrine to others, you shall receive a corresponding reward. Nay, you shall have a return in far more abundant measure. For thus the fountains, the more water they pour out below, so much the more do they receive from above. Here, then, is great encouragement to all faithful teachers of the Word, of whatever kind; that by how much they give to others in teaching them, by so much the more shall they receive of wisdom and grace from Christ; according to those words of the apostle, “He that soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully” (2 Corinthians 9:6).1
Don’t just store up the wonderful promises God measures out upon you – savor them, then pour them out into the lives of family, friends, and whoever God places along your path. So grab a bigger bucket, for with the measure with which you mete out God’s instructions and promises, God will mete out His powerful wisdom upon you.
1 https://biblehub.com/mark/4-24.htm#commentary