I'm so glad I kept reading a few days. My daily reading ended a few verses before the ones above in Luke, but I kept reading. I needed to be reminded of some of these things. I'm so guilty of looking at someone and saying "Look at them judge so and so" when I'm the one judging them right back. I need to forgive and remember that I am forgiven. Most importantly I need to give. I need to remember that God does not require giving of only monetary things. He wants me to give so much more than that. God wants to me to give him my heart, my time, the talents He gave me, and so much more. The part that stuck out the most to me was "pressed down, shaken together, and running over." For that to happen I think I need to give up so many of those earthly things I hold onto and those sins that I need to ask forgiveness for. Because if I truly want it to be pressed down, shaken together, running over, and as full as it can be, I can't have any of that space filled with other things. I need it to be filled with Godly things.
Monday, June 22, 2009
Pressed down
Do not judge, and you will not be judged; do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven; give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap; for the measure you give will be the measure you get back. Luke 6:37-38
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Have you ever read verses many times, but then you read them somewhere else, and read that person's commentary, and only then did the verses pop off the page in Technicolor?!
ReplyDeleteWell, Lindy -- that happened to me today. I thought to myself: Maybe she's using a different Bible version. So I checked. Sure enough, we're using the same version!
Lindy, thank you for being my Bible study teacher this morning. These verses now mean something even more to me.
Hi Lindy -- We're on each others' blogs at the same time, I think. ;-)
ReplyDeleteI just left you another comment over at my place.
I really appreciate your honesty in sharing this verse with us!! Oh how many times do I read that verse and don't let it truly sink in and bring revelation about areas in my own life that I need to let God light shine on! Thank you!
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