It is Thursday evening and Jesus sat down with his disciples for the Passover meal. During the course of the evening Jesus took the bread, blessed it, broke it, and gave it to his disciples. Then he did a very symbolic thing in taking a cup, probably pouring into the cup, thanked God for it and gave it to His followers. Another part of that passage of scripture tells us that Jesus "poured water into a basin, and began to wash the disciple's feet" (John 13:5). Jesus also had spent the last three and a half years "pouring into" the lives of his disciples his teachings and about righteous living.
Think about it for a moment. Who are those that have "poured" into your life? Who are the people that have invested time, money, and patience into your life? People that when you did foolish things, they didn't give up on you.
The one single person, besides Christ, that I believed poured more into my life then anyone in my entire life was my dad. He kept pouring and even though sometimes I did very foolish things, he didn't give up. He just kept pouring. Like a dad would, he saw possibilities in me that no one else saw. Many others have poured into my life, and are still pouring. Thank God for those that will invest in others!
Jesus saw potential in his disciples that no one else saw. Our heavenly Father sees potential in you and me that no one else can see and will pour into our lives, if we will allow Him to do so. I encourage you to read the bible daily and pray and allow our heavenly Father to pour His Word and His love into your heart. Also, connect with godly people that can pour into your life the things of God.
Who are you allowing to pour into your life and what are they pouring?
Scripture for today: Matthew 26:17-30; Mark 14:12-26; Luke 22:7-23; John 13:1-30
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