You can limit the working of almighty power, and can determine
the rate at which it shall work on you. God fills the water-pots
to the brim, but not beyond the brim; and if, like the woman
in the Old Testament story, we stop bringing vessels, the oil
will stop flowing. It is an awful thing to think that we have
the power, as it were, to turn a stopcock, and so increase or
diminish, or cut off altogether, the supply of God’s mercy and
Christ’s healing and cleansing love in our hearts. You will
get as much of God as you want, and no more. The measure of
your desire is the measure of your capacity, and the measure
of your capacity is the measure of God’s gift.--ALEXANDER
MCLAREN.
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See RECEPTIVENESS.