Use What You Have

Scripture:

“Then He said to them, “Take heed what you hear. With the same measure you use, it will be measured to you; and to you who hear, more will be given.”
‭‭Mark‬ ‭4:24‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Observation:

Jesus told His disciples the parable of the seed being sown on the different types of soil.  He added this simple, yet powerful statement with it.  “Take heed what you hear. With the same measure you use, it will be measured to you; and you who hear, more will be given.”  In this statement, I see that hearing and using what you hear are closely associated.  More comes to those who do what they learn.

Application:

If we want a greater measure of the Lord and His word, we must do what He says.  Greater measure comes to those who do something with what they are taught.  As you use what you are taught, more is given.  We need to be doers of the word and not hearers only.  We need to read to do instead of read to learn.  We need to focus more on implementing what we read instead of just learning from what we read.

Prayer:

Father, thank You for speaking to me this morning.  Help me to use what You have given me to help someone else today.  Help me to be more focused on learning to implement, then just learning for information and revelation sake.  I want to be active in Your kingdom, doing the works You did when You were here on earth.  Let me grow in this.

Yours,
Jeff