Channels of Christ’s Fullness
WE need never say, I have no power to bless. Neither has the bruised reed, but, as it lies close by the river-brink, the stream may flow through it to thirsty lips. It could not be a reservoir, but it may be a channel of fullness which never fails. But let us remember that we can only bless in being blessed—can give only in measure as we receive. We know this; do we live out of the knowledge? Are we thus receiving from Jesus himself, the fountain of life? Have we learned what it is to go to him, empty, helpless, nothing—with only one cry of want and longing: “Mine eyes are unto Thee, O God the Lord?” And learning this, have we learned yet more—what it is to have his fullness so opened to us, both for ourselves and others, that we have nothing to do but point to it as we say—self out of sight—“He satisfieth?” Then we are blessings, though we know it not.