As humans, our hearts are led and filled by the promises of God or the lies of the enemy; in other words, you can only pour out what you’re filled with; Life, confirmation and hope; or death, deception and lies.
Jesus Christ was a great teacher, and most of the world would agree. A great example of his teaching can be found in the gospels of Jesus (Matthew, Mark, Luke, John) where Jesus is walking with his disciples. He looks over while he’s walking by a vineyard and says “I am the vine, and you are the branches.”
Now, he is describing himself. as a vine.
A vine, if grown with careful care can produce up to 400 barrels of wine.
Then, Jesus describes us as the branches… Jesus wants to pour into us, his precious nature.
Now these people who followed Jesus, didn’t really get Jesus all the time. Even his closest followers and friends sometimes got it wrong, but they made some big decisions during their life that cost them everything we’d consider costly. Whether it was leaving the position of running the family business or being right in the middle of life. Now these closest of followers who became friends to God, literally dropped everything they were doing and followed him.
These particular followers I’m talking about, sacrificed everything. Comfort in every way, (no question about it) they sacrificed time; they made time; they saw what was the most important to them and reacted out of love and passion, real passion.
These followers made their history with God. Now, sharing your History with God, is not something most people get at all (That means, you probably are one of the most people I’m talking about). They may have an understanding, but no measure of the gravity or magnitude of their story or testimony I guess; ;like when these disciples would share their history with people or write letters to them. What I’m getting at, is that you cannot transfer your history with God to someone else. It’s impossible for people to understand where you’re coming from, because making your history with God, comes at a cost. Are you hearing me? It costs you everything to know him for yourself.
One of the greatest struggles for me, is when and often I share my story and even my friends don’t understand where I’m coming from… and that’s just it! I’ve come from a long road filled with history; filled with cost and experience. And both the cost and experience are great. Count the cost. Take a real measure of what it’s going to cost you to really understand God and his ways, (which are different than your own… just recognize that.) because it is going to require COURAGE to follow God. It is going to REQUIRE that you have confidence or faith in God over yourself and shaken reasoning.
Will you give Jesus permission to pour directly into you?
