Re:Verse passage – Mark 4:21-25, 33-34 (day seven)
Take care what you listen to. By your standard of measure it will be measured to you; and more will be given you besides. vs 24
You have probably used the phrase “Garbage in. Garbage out.” What you put in is what will come out. You may not even realize it, but the true self is revealed when it is under pressure. A west Texas evangelist named John Randles used to say, “When you get squeezed, what’s really inside of you will come out. Who are you when you get squeezed?”
We will all be squeezed. How you prepare now will determine what is going to come out. It’s not just with the type of media or music we consume, it includes the depth of the doctrine we take in as well as the intention of the listener. Charles Spurgeon said, “The hearer of the gospel will get measure for measure, and the measure shall be his own measure.” If you put in the attention and intention to grow in your walk, what you get in return will be the gift of the Spirit, and He will be what comes out whenever you are squeezed.
