The empty cup

How's your cup? Is it full? Empty? Are you a half full kinda guy or one of those half empty types? What are you doing with your cup? Do you keep it all for your self or do you use to help fill somebody else's cup? I was talking to a very dear friend of mine, one of those great people God has placed in my life (BMB), and we agreed that you should always use your cup to help fill others. We also agreed that if your cup is always pouring you can't get it refilled. Think about it, you have a cup, turn it upside down and then try to pour water into it. It kinda bounces off the bottom and on to the floor. That's exactly what happens to us when we serve and serve but don't take time to be served. Our God wants us to use the cup he gives us to pour out for others. He also wants us to take the time to go back to the well and refill our own cup. Without refilling our cup we become, as my fiend put, dry bones. We will eventually come to a point that we can no longer fill the cup of others and ours is dry and cracked and unable to hold the living water that we need. When this happens you'll have some who need their cup filled and they will go elsewhere to find a new source. You will also have those who have always kept their cup full but never used it. They will say I told you so and try to get rid of the old dry cracked cup. They will even offer up a little bit of their water, but beware. These cups have been hold still water. Water that has not be continually refreshed and like all standing water it is stagnate. If you are having your cup filled by someone, thank them and love them for it. Make sure they are getting their cup filled. Keep them going so they can keep you going. Be careful who fills your cup. It only takes a few drop of stagnant water to contaminate your whole cup. So, fill your cup with living water, share it with others and protect your source.