Are you Full? | AdventAI

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jun 20, 1871

“Are you Full?”

Two Christian men were conversing at the table. One of them was bearing witness to the blessedness of a holy life, and the other, who had long been a laborer in the Christian work, was speaking of the impossibility of his ever attaining to such a state of blessing and rest. When he had finished his objections, the other turned, and fixing his eyes on him, said: “Brother, you are a little vessel, but are you full? Are you full?” The question went to the doubter’s heart, and he found no rest till he sought “the fullness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ.”

Christian reader, here is a question for you. It is not as to your knowledge, or capacity, your capabilities, or talents; it is not, “How large is the vessel?” but, “Is it full?” Is your joy full? Are you “filled with the Spirit”? “Are you “full of the Holy Ghost and of faith”?”

A cup, though very small, may be full. And it matters not how little, or how weak, or how feeble a Christian is, if he is only full. And if he is full to-day, he may be full to-morrow; for while God enlarges his heart to praise his name, he will also increase the tide of blessing to fill the renewed soul.

It is for us to inquire to-day, Are we doing all that God requires, and receiving all that he is ready to impart? Are we living up to the full measure of to-day’s duties, and to-day’s privileges?

The great question of salvation is to be settled here. It should not be left till hereafter. We are to be saved now. “To-day is the day of salvation;” and if we are saved to-day, we shall be saved in death, judgment, and eternity.—The Christian.